Rick Beard
Role at the time: Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate for governor of Nebraska, in an emailed statement
Statement summary
In an emailed statement, Beard said he would rather the state spend money fixing potholes than on cameras that watch drivers, and that Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down.
“I would rather have the state spend money on fixing the damn potholes instead of spending money to watch us drive over them. Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down.”
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Sorry for my late reply..... I would rather have the state spend money on fixing the damn potholes instead of spending money to watch us drive over them. Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down. Thanks, Rick Beard R
Rick Beard sent this statement in reply to a Dispute Index request for comment, from the address listed on the contact page of his campaign website. The link is to the Rick Beard for Governor campaign website.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to whether networked license-plate surveillance should exist, Beard objects to the state spending money on cameras that watch drivers and says Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down, so we labeled it Condemned. On the remedy ladder this is Guardrails, the milder of the two remedies he names, because voter approval would let communities keep the cameras.