11:43PM
Incoming case · Municipal Annex
By midnight, somebody will be blamed.
A sealed policy brief—Revision 7—should be waiting in the city manager's room. Staff found a briefing in its place. They insist it is the right one.
The office wants no police, no press, and no delay. Three employees had access. Each has a reason to prefer a different version of the truth.
“I’m not looking for a missing document. I’m looking for the moment everyone agreed to call it missing.”
