<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=41LLEi_1EjsuTrm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41LLEi_1EjsuTrm00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Organizers in Ardmore posted a petition Monday morning to recall city commissioners who voted to renew the city’s Flock camera contract. Hundreds of people showed up to sign it.</p><p>Dennis Wilson, who signed the petition, said the issue is about privacy.</p><p>“I feel like it’s a privacy of owner’s rights and I don’t believe in this city community. As small as we are, we need this protection,” Wilson said.</p><p>Two weeks ago, commissioners voted 3-1 to keep the cameras, a decision that angered many residents. Vicki Quinby, who also signed the petition, said the vote reflects a longstanding pattern among commissioners.</p><p>“The commissioners have been a club for a long long time. They don’t ever vote against each other and they don’t vote for what is right and what the citizens want,” Quinby said.</p><h2>Attorneys help gather signatures</h2><p>Local attorneys Jason May and Larra Forsythe-Williams welcomed petition signers starting at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Volunteers spread across town to gather signatures.</p><p>Organizers needed 100 names to send the petition to city hall. That number tripled within a few hours.</p><p>Jason May, an Ardmore attorney, said he believes residents are ready for change.</p><p>“I’ve lived in Ardmore long enough to know that our city council just kind of does what they want to do and I think it’s time for that to change and I’m encouraged that the citizens seem to be fed up with it as well,” May said.</p><h2>Next steps for the recall</h2><p>Organizers cleared the first step Monday, but the process is not complete. Once the recall is certified, organizers will need more than 1,000 signatures to get the measure on a ballot. They are calling on Ardmore voters to continue signing.</p><p>May said residents should not hold back from expressing their views.</p><p>“So many people are worried about blow back or offending someone. At the end of the day if you don’t like these cameras and you don’t want them in your community, make your voice heard,” May said.</p></div></body>

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ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Organizers in Ardmore posted a petition Monday morning to recall city commissioners who voted to renew the city’s Flock camera contract. Hundreds of people showed up to sign it. Dennis Wilson, who signed the petition, said the issue is about privacy. “I feel like it’s...

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ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Organizers in Ardmore posted a petition Monday morning to recall city commissioners who voted to renew the city’s Flock camera cont

Ardmore recall petition over camera contract vote launches

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