Monday, June 10, 2013

Dirty Spies

The Economist
Monday, June 10th 2013
Editor's picks
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Democracy in America: Why we spy
Analects: Party time
Daily chart: Realty check
Americas view: An ever-deeper hole
Johnson: Why so little Chinese in English?
Democracy in America:
Why we spy
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Will County Spying On Citizens


Great Scott !!  Will County (Joliet, Naperville, Tinley Park), where I was Planning Director, has been spying on their citizens using aerial photography.

I did also back in the day. We never ticketed anyone for an unpermitted structure, but I did impress farmers when they called in about their property and I looked up their land on an aerial while we talked and told them their drain tiles ran north and south about 100 feet apart.  They were sure I was spying on them.

Oh, the horror. Click to see the video of the County Board member fighting this latest injustice.




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