Derek Eder
@derekeder.com
Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
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Oak Park board unanimously passes ‘ICE Free Zone’ ordinance - Wednesday Journal
Oak Park's board voted to pass an “ICE free zone” ordinance banning immigration agents from using village property for staging or processing
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November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Nov 7, 2025: since 8:30am, the same helicopter (N911VH) owned by the Cook County Sheriff has been buzzing over Oak Park and other western suburbs, presumably to do traffic enforcement.
Sheriff Dart, I know you love the ticket revenue this generates, but this is really terrorizing our residents.
Sheriff Dart, I know you love the ticket revenue this generates, but this is really terrorizing our residents.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nov 7, 2025: since 8:30am, the same helicopter (N911VH) owned by the Cook County Sheriff has been buzzing over Oak Park and other western suburbs, presumably to do traffic enforcement.
Sheriff Dart, I know you love the ticket revenue this generates, but this is really terrorizing our residents.
Sheriff Dart, I know you love the ticket revenue this generates, but this is really terrorizing our residents.
clean reliable grid act passage: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmake...
Lawmakers OK sweeping energy reform package that governor pledges to sign
Article Summary An energy policy package incentivizing battery storage passed the General Assembly with only Democratic support and will likely
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October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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they're back again. Oct 23, 2025
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
they're back again. Oct 23, 2025
also, cancelling flock protects license plate data from being shared with ICE (which we know they have done) derekeder.com/blog/why-i-v...
Why I voted to cancel Oak Park's contract with Flock (and so should you)
On August 5th, 2025, I voted along with the 5-2 majority on the Oak Park Village Board to cancel our contract with Flock Safety, Inc and deactivate the 8 Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras ...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
also, cancelling flock protects license plate data from being shared with ICE (which we know they have done) derekeder.com/blog/why-i-v...