FLOCK CAMERAS
I note that Flock camera systems have been rejected/removed in many places from WA state, OR, CA, AZ, CO and TX. Apparently an unpopular intrusion on personal privacy in many places.
City officials talk about getting a $14k grant to go towards the $17k cost to set up the system, but that grant hasn't been received, yet? Cart before the horse?
I've seen the posts with cameras and solar panels on them cut down alongside 173N, 173S, and 16S. They were installed, cut down, re-installed and cut down again. The message seems very clear to me. Anyone else paying attention?
And if they are something the city wants, why were they installed in the county?
It seems to me that the level of discontent over the subject cameras has reached the point that the issue should be put to a vote so that all citizens of Bandera county (not just city residents) would be able to voice their preferences.
Unless someone can explain the overwhelming need for such erosion of our personal freedoms, I say cough up the cost to cancel the contract and consider it a lesson learned.
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