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A Correction is issued when a factual claim was wrong and has been changed. A Clarification is issued when a claim was technically accurate but misleading in context. An Addition is issued when new verified information has been added that was not previously included. A Retraction is issued when a claim has been removed entirely because it cannot be substantiated. All corrections are permanent — removed text is described here, not silently deleted.
Timeline — Food AND Medicine ARPA votes (entries 9 & 10)
Corrected ARPA vote dates from Jan. 2025 / Mar. 2025 to Aug. 14, 2023 / Sep. 25, 2023
The Timeline page previously listed two Food AND Medicine ARPA votes as occurring in January 2025 ($168,171) and March 2025 ($168,171), with Carson, Walker, Leonard, Faloon, and Beck listed as voting yes. This was incorrect. The actual votes occurred on August 14, 2023 ($75,000 — Community Gardens) and September 25, 2023 ($261,342 — Workforce Navigator), both approved by the 2023 council (Fournier, Tremble, Davitt, Sprague, Schaefer, Hawes, Yacoubagha, Leonard, Pelletier). Carson, Walker, Faloon, and Beck were not on the council at the time. The fabricated 2025 vote entries have been removed and replaced with accurate 2023 entries.
Source: Internal accuracy review
Timeline — BARN ARPA vote (entry 18)
Corrected BARN ARPA vote date from May 2026 to July 10, 2023
The Timeline page previously listed a 'May 2026 — Council Approves BARN ARPA Funding ($415,600)' entry with Walker voting yes without recusing herself. This was factually impossible — federal ARPA SLFRF rules required obligation of funds by December 31, 2024. BARN's $415,600 was approved by the 2023 council on approximately July 10, 2023, before Walker was seated. The entry has been corrected to reflect the actual 2023 vote date and 2023 council composition.
Source: Internal accuracy review
Timeline — Carson election date (entry 14)
Corrected Carson election date from 'Oct. 2025' to 'Nov. 2025'
The Timeline page listed Carson's election as 'Oct. 2025.' Carson was elected November 4, 2025 and sworn in November 10, 2025. The entry has been corrected to 'Nov. 2025.'
Source: Internal accuracy review
Food AND Medicine deep-dive — ARPA Round 1 dollar figure
Removed unsourced $186,000 figure; replaced with correct two-grant breakdown
The Food AND Medicine deep-dive page contained a timeline entry titled 'City of Bangor ARPA Round 1: Food AND Medicine receives $186,000.' This figure ($186,000) does not match any documented grant and contradicts the same page's other entries showing the awards as $75,000 (Aug. 14, 2023) and $261,342 (Sep. 25, 2023). The $186,000 entry has been removed and replaced with the correct $75,000 Community Gardens entry dated August 14, 2023.
Source: Internal accuracy review
ICE ordinance legal review attribution — all pages
Removed unverified AFL-CIO / ACLU legal review attribution from all pages
Multiple pages stated that Councilor Beck obtained legal drafting assistance from either the 'AFL-CIO' or the 'ACLU' for the ICE cooperation ordinance. These two claims are mutually contradictory and neither has been independently confirmed from a primary source. Both attributions have been removed from the main page, the Food AND Medicine deep-dive, the Timeline, and Councilor Beck's profile. The ordinance itself (passed 6–3, March 9, 2026) is accurately described; only the unverified legal review attribution has been removed.
Source: Internal accuracy review
Meta tags / OG description / social preview
Updated '0 recusals made' to '1 recusal on file (Beck/Dignity First)'
The site's meta description, Open Graph description, and Twitter card description all stated '0 recusals made.' This was incorrect — Councilor Beck filed a conflict of interest disclosure with the City Clerk upon taking office in November 2024 and has recused himself from all Dignity First matters (confirmed May 2026). All social preview text has been updated to reflect '1 recusal on file (Beck/Dignity First).'
Source: Internal accuracy review
Key Statistics — conflict scenarios count and fund totals
Updated conflict scenarios count from 8 to 9; replaced $3.5M+ total with transparent line-item breakdown
The Key Statistics box previously showed '8 Conflict Scenarios' but the recusals table had 9 rows. The count has been corrected to 9. The '$3.5M+ ARPA Funds Distributed' figure has been replaced with a transparent line-item breakdown showing the directly flagged amounts: $336,342 (Food AND Medicine ARPA), $415,600 (BARN ARPA), $641,297 (opioid settlement funds), and $34,000 (Needlepoint Sanctuary opioid funds). The $3.5M+ figure included PCHC ($2.48M) and other grants with no documented councilor conflict and was therefore misleading.
Source: Internal accuracy review
Michael Beck profile — Dignity First status language
Removed 'current employment status unknown' language; focused on filed disclosure
Multiple locations on the site noted Beck's 'current employment status at Dignity First is unknown as of May 2026.' This framing was misleading — Beck's current volunteer status is not material to the recusal question, since he has filed a standing conflict of interest disclosure with the City Clerk. The 'unknown status' language has been replaced with a clear statement that the disclosure is on file and the recusal is in practice.
Source: Internal accuracy review