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Such as the data should be deleted within 3 minutes (!) and that it should not be shared with other law enforcement agencies.

We need to make demands like this to limit the potential for abuse.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yikes. This is bound to happen when you give people access to this kind of technology. He won't be the last person to do it.

I believe that this tech has important uses, so I wouldn't want to ban it. The ACLU has guidelines and regulations that can go a long way to preventing abuse.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ACCPD's gone woke, y'all! 😱
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here's the 3-min version of this interview:
www.youtube.com/shorts/bN-kT...
Democrats have a chance to win another important election in 2025
YouTube video by Athens Politics Nerd
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November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Excuse me, not the Tennis Center yet! That opens on Dec 1.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
District 121 includes Watkinsville and other parts of Oconee County.

It also includes part of Athens; people living near S. Milledge Ave, University Dr, Riverbend Rd, Whitehall Rd, College Station Rd, Barnett Shoals Rd and Whit Davis Rd can all vote in the Dec 9 election.
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That's probably just accurate, unfortunately. Accurate that some of the neighbors feel that way. I'd believe it. I'm sure it's not everyone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It seems that she's also advocating breaking the gratuities clause on purpose to give these community members money to make up for alleged damage to people's homes from the quarry.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Owner-occupied homes with an STR in the back will still be allowed in the above zones. They just can't be entirely commercial with no owner on site.
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It's still an auto-centric development, but I don't know. Seems better than what's there right now and it is on a transit line.
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM