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The story, chapter by chapter
6 chapters, ordered cause → consequence. Each advances the story and teaches one record-reading skill, anchored to a real document you can open and check. Follow it straight through, or drop into any chapter and peel off into the library when something catches your eye.
- 1 Who is actually building this? Reading a deed · cross-document entity resolution Anchor: The deed chain + the Bistrozzi Delaware shell cluster →
- 2 How it was assembled & hidden Reading an options-to-assignment chain · the confidentiality-first sequence Anchor: The Port Authority options → Bistrozzi assignment + the blank DTE-100 prices →
- 3 How big is it — and what won't they tell you? Reading an air permit · recognizing a CBI redaction Anchor: Ohio EPA Air Permit-to-Install P0138965 →
- 4 What it does to the water Reading an NPDES permit · the 7Q10 low-flow screen Anchor: NPDES dilution + the cooling-draw screen →
- 5 What it costs the public Reading a cost estimate · reading a contract clause Anchor: Tetra Tech OPC + the Roadwork Development Agreement →
- 6 Why you had to dig for this Reading statutory exemptions Anchor: The withholding stack + the mandamus thread →
All 6 chapters are live, end to end — each teaches one record-reading skill through the Record Teardown pattern, in cause → consequence order.