After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban
Summary
Bandera, Texas’s city council voted 3-2 to end its contract with Flock, ending surveillance cameras. A dissenting councilmember Jeff Flowers proposed measures—labelled the 'Bandera Declaration of Digital Independence'—to ban cellular and GPS-capable devices, outward-facing cameras, and to terminate internet services, effectively returning the town to 1880-era ledgers. The piece notes ongoing privacy concerns around LPR technology and government surveillance, and frames the debate as a clash between privacy and security within local governance.