Corrections & responses
Tell us where we are wrong
We would rather be corrected in public than be quietly wrong. This page explains how to ask for a correction, what we do with the request, and what we have already had to fix.
Requesting a correction
We aim to accurately describe the proposal and related public records. To request a correction, provide the disputed statement, the supporting source, and your requested correction at the address below. We will review documented requests promptly. Material corrections will be dated and noted on the relevant page.
Send us three things:
- the statement you dispute, quoted as it appears;
- the source that supports your version;
- the correction you are asking for.
Corrections address: —
If you are named here
If you are named on this site and believe something is wrong or incomplete, tell us. We will publish your response, or state that we asked and received none.
We do not silently change an important statement after it has circulated. Material corrections are logged below with the date and what changed.
The log
Material corrections, dated
Our own rule
What we ask ourselves before publishing anything
- Is it a fact, quotation, allegation, opinion, or prediction?
- What is the primary source?
- Does the source actually support the exact wording?
- Is relevant context omitted?
- Could this harm someone's reputation?
- Does the page clearly indicate uncertainty?
- Do we have permission to publish the image or document?
- Does it expose private personal information?
- Would we be comfortable defending the sentence using the cited document alone?
For any statement accusing an identifiable person or business of wrongdoing — dishonesty, corruption, illegality, favouritism, fabricated evidence, conflicts of interest, or criminal behaviour — we do not publish until we hold the primary documents, we have asked the person or organisation to respond, and the wording has been reviewed by counsel. 'Unverified' is a label, not a shield: we do not use it to float a serious rumour.
Traffic, safety, environmental, and property-value effects are predictions, not established facts, unless an authoritative study says otherwise. We give the source, the date, who commissioned it, whether the figure is an estimate, model, observation, or official conclusion, and any meaningful contrary finding.
A label describes who said something. It does not change what a sentence asserts, and it does not protect a sentence that communicates a false factual accusation. 'Residents are concerned that late-night deliveries could increase noise; the operating plan has not been obtained, so delivery hours are unverified' is a concern. 'Kroger will run diesel trucks behind homes all night' is an assertion of fact with a label attached. We write the first shape. This applies with particular force to dishonesty or corruption, secret agreements, illegal conduct, bribery or improper influence, traffic accidents, pollution, contamination or health effects, property-value reductions stated as guaranteed outcomes, and anything attributed to a named individual.
For every material factual claim we publish, we retain the source, the date we accessed it, the page or sheet number, and the exact quotation relied on — kept with the entry in the data files, not in someone's memory. If we cannot produce those four things on request, the claim is not ready to publish.
Editorial standard
Every claim on this site carries a label
A neighborhood dispute is exactly the situation in which rumor travels faster than record. So we tag each statement with what kind of statement it is, and you can hold us to it.
If something here is mislabeled, or a document contradicts a summary we have written, tell us and we will correct it in public rather than quietly.