The City of Lubbock had a little meltdown this week when its website decided to take an unscheduled vacation. Tuesday’s city council livestream? Forget it—viewers were told to wait until Wednesday to catch the rerun on YouTube, because apparently our local government is now operating on a Netflix release model.
By 7 p.m., the city finally admitted it wasn’t just “network hiccups.” Nope, officials said they’d pulled the plug on their own systems to “evaluate a potential security concern.” Translation: something looked shady, and instead of fixing it fast, they just yanked the cord like a panicked parent when their kid accidentally lands on a sketchy website.
City spin doctors assured us they’re “following protocols” and protecting sensitive information. Of course, that means if you needed to pay a utility bill online, too bad—you’ll need to break out your horse and buggy and physically haul yourself to Avenue K. Welcome to the future, West Texas style.
Nothing screams “secure and modern city” quite like telling residents to line up in person with checks because your IT department found a scary pop-up.
