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Three Things For This Week
– Ring/Flock Partnership Cancelled
– Regional Trail Tree Removal
– Squirrels!
Safety or Surveillance?
Flock license-plate cameras are watching us. We did not ask for them, didn’t vote for them, and most residents did not know they were being installed.
Now, we live with our movements being watched 24/7.
ICE is in Shorewood
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is in Shorewood.
At a recent city council meeting, a resident described in breathtaking detail, their harrowing experience as ICE surrounded a neighboring house: knocking, peering into windows and photographing license plates.
3 New Things
– A Mouse in Your House?
– Freeman Park Transition
– A Stunning Natural DIsplay
A Few ‘Loud’ Voices
Concerns about Flock license plate reading cameras’ targeting capabilities and data use are mounting.
Flock uses license-plate–reading cameras and AI at intersections in Excelsior, Greenwood and Shorewood to collect data on every passing vehicle. This includes your vehicle, or your teen’s vehicle.
Three Things to Start 2026
– Ride in a Snow Plow!
– January is Planting Time
– Superior, Our Inland Sea
3 Things
‘Tis the season. Here are some conversational topics to keep things light, to learn and to share some humor.
– Winter Solstice
– Marcescent Trees
– A Little Humor
Three Things
Here are three new, quick and informative articles for readers this week.
• Keeping Flock on the Radar
• 14 Lake Area Mayors Consider a Lobbyist
• Talking Turkey
