Here’s a bit of trivia: “Oakland, We’re For You” by the Goodtime Washboard Three is the official song of Oakland, California. The city might want to consider changing it to “Someone’s Watching Me,” by Rockwell.
Civil libertarians are up in arms after the Oakland City Council voted unanimously on July 31 to accept a $2.2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help build a round-the-clock surveillance center that will help law enforcement officials monitor the city using a vast network of video cameras, license plate readers, and gunshot detection microphones.
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