Tin Foil Hat Contingent Shut Down Sebastopol WiFi

Sebastopol passed a resolution in November that authorized a local internet provider to give city residents free wireless access. But last week, fourteen people attended a City Council meeting claiming that citywide WiFi would make them sick, and the council rescinded the resolution. Dale Dougherty of tech-DIY MAKE magazine just happens to be a Sebastopol resident and he has his doubts about what dissenters are calling " Electrical Sensitivity":

The effect of the resolution would have been to add a few wireless access points downtown. There are already several hundred in private homes and businesses in town. The same people who oppose public wifi still walk along streets and into buildings where they are invisibly bathing in wifi. Will this small group of people now demand that we outlaw wireless in public areas, just to accommodate their fears?