Witness at the Zoning Mic
Scribe of the moment civic procedure becomes liturgy.
When the room stands as if church had started, someone must keep the transcript honest. The Witness types what is said—objections, citations, silence where silence is evidence. Their machine does not flinch when the impossible is described in agenda order.
Public hearings, variance requests, any forum where land use and belief share a microphone. Their power is documentary: the record outlasts the room.
Municipal chambers, overflow rooms, and the echo of PA systems in corridors lined with folding chairs.
Present for the miracle cited beside seismic data, and for the case where half the room rose without being called. The transcript includes a power outage no one can place.