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Resident urges county action on robocalls targeting schools and households
Summary
At Collin County Commissioners Court, resident Barbara Lyke asked court members to help stop spoofed robocalls she says have targeted Wylie ISD and local households; court staff explained county cannot pass federal law and advised filing police reports and contacting state or federal legislators.
Barbara Lyke, a resident, told the Collin County Commissioners Court during public comment that spoofed robocalls and phone scams are affecting residents and schools and asked the court whether it could help get legislation passed to stop them.
Lyke said she had researched federal legislation she called the "Stop Bad Robocalls Act" and the "Trace Act," and cited a March 17, 2021, letter and vote counts she attributed to 2019. She told the court that, according to that material, robocalls in 2019 numbered “47,800,000,000” and rose by “17,000,000,000” calls over previous years. She said a provision the bills considered had excluded schools and that she had raised the issue with Wylie Independent School District officials,…
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