After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban

Bandera, Texas voted 3-2 to end its contract with Flock Safety, a surveillance company operating AI license plate reader cameras in the town, after months of resident opposition and vandalism of the camera poles. In response, dissenting councilmember Jeff Flowers sarcastically proposed banning all technology in the town—including cell phones, the internet, cameras, and electronic record-keeping—calling it a "Bandera Declaration of Digital Independence" and arguing that residents demanding privacy are hypocrites.