Author: Matthew Hallock

Watch: Thomas Paine-In-The-Rear on Speed Cameras & Surveillance

“In the Colonies, we do not tolerate remote tyrants surveilling our habits and patterns.” — Thomas Paine-In-The-Rear, Uncommon Sense. While local town debates focus on traffic tickets and speed limits, a much larger municipal crisis is unfolding in Town Hall: data sovereignty. When town officials sign off on automated traffic enforcement programs, citizen license plates, movement patterns, and location timestamps get harvested and routed directly into out-of-state, third-party corporate clouds. 

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NOW will you believe we’re in a flood zone?

A 2013 FEMA study placed nearly all seven miles of U.S. 1 in Fairfield in a flood zone—yet municipal planners continue to rely on obsolete maps to push high-density development and synthetic zoning overlays. With 13 years of rising sea levels, closed-door planning sessions, and third-party vendors redrawing traditional neighborhood lines, Fairfield must demand updated hydrology reports before finalizing its Town Plan.

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