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banjtheman
Data Collection General
What is the Task
Collect county-level data on budgets for counties in any State
We would like to collect the following information for each county
state - State located county - Name of County year - Year of budget item - Budget item budget - Ammount allocated to the item source - Where data come from
After CSV has been created, place in the data folder
data//states/STATE/COUNTY_NAME/budget.csv
Why do we want to do this
We need the data in order to create meaningful messages
How can I get started?
I would begin by googling X County, STate budget and begin compiling data into a CSV that can be used
Here is an example of the CSV https://raw.githubusercontent.com/banjtheman/defundthepolice/main/data/states/Virginia/Arlington/budget.csv
Leave a comment on which State,county you would like to collect
Definition of Done
Data collected
SC, Greenville. Any year you are targeting (2020, 2021)?
2021 if you have
NYC, New York for 2020? Can I do it for the entire city/all 5 counties?
sure go for it
