Project Ballast — Who Holds Which Position (people)

Model B · distinct-person headcount · sponsor excluded · MGW.reference.ballast-headcount.072026.v1 (content = 071926.v2) · regenerated live from mrx_bethune.gasplant_positions 7/20/26 · this is the map-canonical count the viewer reads

So what

Community sentiment is oppose-plurality, 2-to-1 over support: 28 oppose / 14 support / 9 mixed / 5 neutral across 56 distinct people on record.

Why

This counts people (each person's latest stance), not claims. It is the number to quote publicly — the claim count (Model A) reads far more lopsided.

The catch

In-person hearings ran ~4:1 against. Facebook was the only near-even venue, and its support is thin — one-line asserted comments, not verified testimony.

28
oppose
14
support
9
mixed
5
neutral
56
distinct people
What changed from v1.
1. Sponsor removed from "support." Beaufort Rosemary and BRNG LLC (same entity, double-listed) plus VP Dylan Casey are the applicant, not community sentiment. Their 3 position rows were deleted from the ledger 7/19. Support: 17 → 14; total: 59 → 56.
2. Raw position rows now 65 (33 oppose / 17 support / 10 mixed / 5 neutral). Repeat speakers carry a row per venue; deduping to each person's latest stance gives the 56 above.

By venue (position rows, repeat speakers counted each date)

Rows, not distinct people — a 6/23 speaker who returned 7/14 appears in both. This is how each room broke.

Venueopposesupportmixedneutraltotal
6/23/26 — second reading731—11
FB threads + petition + off-meeting (collected 6/26–7/07)475521
7/14/26 — third reading (passed 4–3)2274—33

Provenance. mrx_bethune.gasplant_positions, project-ballast, read-only fresh pivot 2026-07-20. 65 rows → 56 distinct people (DISTINCT ON stakeholder, latest as_of_date). Numbers match the filed 071926.v2 record exactly. Model B counts people; Model A counts claims (189 oppose / 68 pro / 20 mixed / 6 neutral across 283 atomics) — the two are never summed. Venue-weighting rule: verified in-person testimony outweighs asserted single FB comments.