The Record
Analysis & accountability.
Project Taurus: Why Your City Council's Record Is About to Matter
Colorado Springs' Project Taurus data center approval is a live test of good governance — and a case study in why tracking your council's voting, ethics, and process record matters before the vote, not after.
Welcome to CivicPrinciples
Why we score local government against 15 principles — and what to expect from this blog.
How the Screw-O-Meter works
A plain-language look at how we turn a council's votes into a single 0-to-5 score — and what it does and doesn't mean.