Item 7.2 came off Monday's agenda, but it isn't dead. The city had scheduled a silent consent vote on a contract that had already been replaced by a newer version the City Attorney never reviewed. Two residents spoke. A third warned about data centers, which is where this data would actually live. And the City Manager has now promised in writing, to the full Council, that it returns as a regular agenda item with public comment.

On the night of Monday, July 27th, Woodstock City Council votes on a three year contract connecting our police department's records to a platform run by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and built by Peregrine Technologies, a San Francisco company valued at $6.8 billion. The contract has no stated price for years two and three. The County sets it, with no cap and no Council vote. It renews itself automatically. It contains no retention limit, no audit requirement, and no d

If you live in Cherokee County and think the Marietta data center fight is somebody else's problem, look closer. The company behind it already lists properties near Woodstock and in Holly Springs as candidates for the exact same treatment. What happened at Marietta City Hall on the night of July 8 is a preview of what is coming to the rest of us, so it is worth understanding exactly how it played out.

The KIDS Act just passed the House 267 to 117. Despite its name, this bill would force age verification on ALL internet users, give the government power to censor online content, and create new rules around your private messages. The EFF, ACLU, and dozens of civil rights groups oppose it. Meanwhile Congress still hasn't prosecuted a single person named in the Epstein files. Call your senators and tell them to oppose this bill. This isn't child safety. It's a surveillance infr