Community Tool Box - Section 4. Studying the Opposition

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Studying the Opposition
Examples	Contributed by Eric Wadud and Prue Breitrose Edited by Bill Berkowitz and Kate Nagy

Example # 1: Investigation Worksheet

In order to...	We need	Where to look?	When?
Disprove the city engineer's accusations on over-budgeted constructions	Written proof of the transactions (receipts, bills) Witnesses	City archives Constructors records	By the end of the fiscal year
Prove that the bank is withholding information on whom it lent money to	Documented proof of loans	Governmental archives	End of the month
Show that the mayor candidate has been sued for not paying taxes on land	Copy of the law suit Witnesses The person who sued the candidate	Court records Phone directory	By next week
Prove that the state representative is using public funds for private use	Find records of his sources of income Receipts of the representative's purchases	Government files Find corporate registrations	Before elections

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