If the checkpoints in the end prove to be unpopular, then they will either stop them, and if they decide not to in the face of opposition, then we'll toss Jones out on his ass in 2009. That's what makes this different than what an authoritarian government would do. If the road blocks prove unpopular over time, the City Council will take up the issue and then it will cease.
It's a good idea and it should be adopted around the country
So, allow me to state again... Go back to where it was you came from. We don't like checkpoints in this country.
In a democracy, it would matter if a government action against freedom was popular.
Thank God we don't live in one.