Cleveland County's public money should be as easy to walk as a receipt, and its residents should have a clear, checkable way to be heard. This is the layer in between: where the money becomes navigable, where the community says what to prioritize and why, and where what the officials do with that signal is tracked in the open.
It computes and cites; it never takes sides. Every number links to its source. The arithmetic re-adds itself in public. It is independent and free — not a government website.
It was built first in Clark County, Arkansas, and generalized so any county could have the same thing on the same code, the same rules, and the same receipts. Cleveland County is one of them. What it becomes here is up to the people who live here.
| Promise | Status |
|---|---|
| A budget you can walk, cited to source pages, arithmetic checked | ✓ live — the money trail, the receipt |
| Open questions with plain yes/no answers | ✓ live — question № 1 is open (anonymous tier) |
| Verify residency, or put your name on the record | ◐ coming — ships with the verification tiers (M2/M5) |
| Works by text on any phone | ◐ coming — the text channel is milestone M3 |
| Help finding help | ◐ coming — ships with the AI layer (M1) |
| AI that answers budget questions, costs posted nightly | ◐ coming — same milestone; the cost log starts with the first AI call |
| Ozark's own books posted monthly | ◐ coming — Open Books v1 is in build at the shop |
| The full list of nevers, published | ✓ live — read it, and how this is secured |
| Corrections published, not buried | ✓ live — the docket and activity log are the running record; a dedicated corrections page lands before the gate comes down |