Month: September 2014
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Sep- 2014 -29 SeptemberCommentary
Explaining Issues Versus Falsehoods and Rhetoric
One of the challenges of serving your community by getting involved in civic debate is that it’s so much easier…
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24 September
Assertions Are Cheap; FakeCheck and Tiverton 1st Are Misers
In keeping with our suggestions about ways in which readers can determine how much credibility to assign to political writers, the…
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22 SeptemberOriginal Reports
Students Leaving Tiverton Schools?
Question: I would like to know how many kids who graduate from Tiverton Middle School go to a private school after…
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19 September
UPDATED: Who’s Saying What About the Data?
As if their intention is to provide us with helpful examples for our arguments, the folks at FakeCheck have a…
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19 SeptemberCommentary
Learning from Tiverton FakeCheck
Probably everybody agrees that the main thing that makes politics objectionable is the dishonesty of it all. We’re supposed to…
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15 September
Using Town Property Finder with Payroll Data
Not a few people thought it a sign of a new world of lost privacy when Tiverton joined the other cities and…
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8 September
Sometimes the Details Behind the Totals Are Important… Ask for Them
In setting up a tool like Tiverton Fact Check’s payroll transparency application, which is intended for general use, it’s necessary to decide where…
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8 September
Herrmann’s Lack of School Committee Pay
Users of Tiverton Fact Check’s payroll transparency application may notice that Carol Herrmann is not listed as receiving the $1,200…
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4 September
Using Campaign Finance Info with Payroll Data
Transparency Web sites can show taxpayers and voters the dots that they need in order to keep track of government’s…
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4 September
Payment Dates Skewed School Pay for 2012 (Updated 9/8/14)
One of the first things users of the payroll transparency site might notice is that the school department had a…
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