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Las Cruces Council Meeting - March 18, 2024
The city’s minutes for this meeting were compared, sentence by sentence, against the transcript of the recording. Of 68 statements the minutes attribute to a named person, 68 were found in the recording.
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2 differences
Differences that ordinary summarising does not explain — words nobody said, figures and negations that disagree, vote rolls that don’t add up, and stretches where somebody spoke and went unrecorded. Show all 9 differences
~390 words of the recording have no counterpart in the minutes
Missing from the minutesThis part of the meeting left no trace in the written record. This stretch of the meeting is not reflected anywhere in the written record. Some gaps are legitimate — recesses, or a presentation summarised in one line. Others are discussion that simply did not make it in. 1 person introduce themselves by name inside this gap. It contains: “lead”, “contamination”, “condemnation”, “deportation”.
What the minutes say
Nothing — this passage is absent from the minutes.
What the recording says
to it together so I'm going to start on my on this side as usual with round number one please come on up yep that's you and um don't forget to state your name please for years we've talked about shade in the plaza for years my name is Russ Smith mayor council I have an idea and with your permission I'll show it on the screen for years we've talked about shade in the plaza feasibilities have been presented to council through vigil and Associates and by the destination
Bencomo: a negation on the recording is missing from the minutes (“don't”)
Says something differentBoth records carry the same sentence, but they disagree on a number or on whether it was negative. The same sentence appears in both records, but the recording contains “don't” where the minutes have nothing — which reverses its sense. Around: “is industrial we are talking big warehouses people will still work there”.
What the minutes say
Mayor Pro Tem Bencomo said I guess I also feel like even if it is industrial, we are talking big warehouses, people will still work there. People will still want to go get delicious Allsups burrito eventually and so I am just wondering that we want to build this place that has people at it, 8-5 and maybe on the weekends and there will be a lot
What the recording says
H this is interesting just to your point Miss teters I I guess I also feel like even if it's industrial we're talking big warehouses I don't know right people will still work there right people will still want to go get a delicious all subs burrito eventually and so I'm just wondering like we want to build this place that will have people at it right 8 to 5 maybe on the weekends like there will be a lot of people moving throughout the park
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