I'm sure copperheadjohn's RR cam comments had absolutely nothing to do with it. It's not as easy as sticking a junk $200 Logitech webcam on your office windowsill; there are ongoing technical, legal, financial (my bandwidth charges are going up-up-up) and political issues.

When I put up the very first downtown cam, it wasn't a month before I received a call from a friend letting me know that a certain, respected local association had discussed at one of their meetings an "anonymous" letter submitted to them that essentially accused me of setting up our local citizens for sexual (child!) predation.

Of course, my next call was to my attorney which reinforced my research: no expectation of privacy in public. I showed the letter to our landlords and to their credit and my surprise basically said, "No fear, bring it on, we think it's great for BR". I was also told wiser heads prevailed at the next meeting: the cam afforded less of an opportunity than a predator sitting in a car and watching the town. If anything it probably won't happen where the cam points!