After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban / A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits” and “a total termination of all internet services.”
https://www.404media.co/after-town-bans-flock-councilmember-crashes-out-proposes-internet-and-phone-ban/
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Looks like someone needs to have an audit done on their finances.
I propose “Texas man” as basically the same as Florida man, but angrier.
Looks like somebody just lost out on a backroom payday.
Why is buying local city/town leadership not prosecuted more. This is obviously bribery across the country. This seems like layups for state ads to prosecute.
If somehow he pulled this off, his town would depopulate within a month or two at most.
Bandara Texas Councilmember Jeff Flowers declared the city hypocrites for thinking removing 8 Flock cameras that were constantly being destroyed and replaced at the city’s expensive. In the next session Foowers will propose
Bandera Declaration of Digital Independence which will ban all cell and gps devices within city limits because the city was more worried about “digital privacy” than having a contract with Flock.
This guy who is being rightly called a Nazi needs to read the room and should have his fiances investigated because hes clearly profiting somehow. Seriously what is wrong with these wackos power tripping and grifting in Texas?
Dude didn’t get his way so he’s throwing a childish tantrum.
Personally, I’d be afraid to say something that insane in the year 2026…
What about a total ban on Councilmember Jeff Flowers?
Someone bought a boat and house with the kickback money promise. Whoops!
Someone is mad about their kickback
Oh he is DEFINITELY guilty of something.
Sounds like a toddler responding to their parents telling them no cookies before dinner
>the poles that the cameras were installed on were repeatedly destroyed by vandals in protest
You mean freedom fighters that don’t want their license plates read by a shitty AI that will send their info to the orange Gestapo
I get a feeling that Councilman Flowers is one of those people you deal with, rather than work with.
an entire political movement based around your drunk uncle misunderstanding things and badly overreacting to them was both inevitable and exceedingly deleterious to our political health
Wonder what they were getting in return for flock being in the town then. Or who they were tracking using flock.
“Proposal denied”
# “a total termination of all internet services.”
what a stupid thing to say
Who is he representing? Sounds like impeachment time
There are 2.5 oz of silver, 3 grams of gold, and 1.5 lbs of copper wire in every Flock camera installation.
How much was he getting paid by flock? Wow…
We need look into that recent boat purchase he made.
lol poor baby didn’t get his payout so he’s crashing out on the city. Get his ass outta here.
Yeah that’s not a self report at all
This guy is absolutely getting a kickback from them
I propose they allow flock cameras, on the council member that’s freaking about it’s street.
“If we can’t spy on our citizens, we will punish them and every business in the city!!!”
I really hate the false equivalence argument people use in response to the Flock backlash. Yes, I know my cell phone and internet connections are traceable.
I can also be pissed off at increasing surveillance and my travel being auto logged into a database that’s searchable without a warrant.
Ok, clearly this is just a temper tantrum because baby wants his Flock kickback but wasn’t a good enough politian to *manipulate Americans* (embarrassing), but taking the proposal seriously for a moment…
Are there any gimmick towns? I feel like there are enough people who would LOVE a town with zero internet that we could support one or two in Texas alone.
Arguably, Salt Lake City was a Mormonism gimmick town for a long time. Las Vegas too, in the opposite direction. This would kinda be Amish without the religion, and they’ve stuck around.
“send me your location or I’m turning off the internet” why do they constantly want to be compared to abusive parents?
Somebody’s SUPER mad at their planned under-the-table payoff getting derailed.
Methinks the councilmember doth protest too much.
Tell us you’re owned by Flock without telling us
Or fuck it, just tell us, it isn’t like anyone will do anything about it
Throws a temper tantrum and proposes policy that won’t pass…audit time
Someone is big mad they didn’t get their kickback check from flock.
He should just move to moscow since he hates freedom so much
His response is completely reasonable for someone who knows that their bribery contract states that they have to pay all the money back if the cameras are banned or else they will get taken away in the night and have their weiner chopped off.
We should all have a bit more empathy for this poor guy’s weiner.
Why does a town of 900 people need a dystopian surveillance system? Who the fuck is getting away with crime in a town of that size lol.
That’s the one who got notified that his checks would stop.
Guy was a ‘vocal Flock Supporter’ at that point, you can just say he was paid off
So, he’s throwing a hissy fit because he didn’t get his way. Cool story.
Uh oh, somebody isn’t getting their kickback, tantrum time!