The tiny Colorado town considering an ordinance to permit ‘drone hunting’ has postponed a vote while the proposed measure continues to encounter a roadblock in the court system.
Denver’s ABC affiliate reports that Deer Trail, Colo. officials have delayed electoral action on the issue until a judge rules on the validity of a petition drive to place it on the local ballot. The vote had already been delayed once — from an original date of Oct. 8 to Dec. 10 — due to the citizen challenge of the petition. The new tentative date for the ballot measure is Apr. 1 next year.
The proposed ordinance originated with resident Philip Steel, who has said, “We don’t want a surveillance society here.” Steel has also said he would shoot down one of Amazon’s futuristic delivery drones if it flew over his yard — and “go to jail with a smile” for it if it came to that.
Deer Trail’s town clerk and treasurer, Kimberley Oldfield, joked to the The Daily Beast Tuesday that “it’s been a joyous couple months.”
“Nobody wants to take on Phil, so they take on me.”
[h/t CNN]
