Proposition to install cameras in downtown Columbia passes
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Proposition to install cameras in downtown Columbia passes

Date: April 7, 2010
By: Scott Kanowsky
State Capitol Bureau

Intro:  Columbia voters decided to install cameras in the city's downtown, but a critic remains convinced liberties were lost.
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OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: (NATS - People cheering)

As cheers rang out, Karen Taylor teared up.

The author of a propostion to put cameras in downtown Columbia, she saw it pass easily with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

Actuality:  TAYLOR1.WAV
Run Time:  00:04
Description: "We need to take a stand on crime and take our city back."

But former Columbia mayoral candidate Paul Love remained a staunch opponent.

Actuality:  LOVE1.WAV
Run Time:  00:07
Description: "I feel it's unfortunate that people are willing to surrender their liberties because they're afraid of a little crime in town ... OK, a lot of crime in town."

Columbia's police chief will next decide how and when to install the cameras.

From Columbia, I'm Scott Kanowsky.

Intro:  Opponents remain worried about civil liberties after a Columbia proposition to install cameras passed.
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OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Former Columbia mayoral candidate Paul Love congratulated the plan's author, Karen Taylor, after the final vote Tuesday.

But he remained a harsh critic, fearing the new surveillance takes away Columbians' liberties.

Actuality:  LOVE2.WAV
Run Time:  00:07
Description: "I feel it's unfortunate that those cameras passed, but they did. So, that's where we are today and we move on from there."

Love's fellow supporters even showed the movie '1984' in the city last week.

The movie shows a government that watches over its citizens' every move.

Love said he would continue to work with Taylor to increase the neighborhood watch.

From Columbia, I'm Scott Kanowsky.