Safety dance
Shocking: State forced to look at options as revenue from red light cameras declines
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September 29th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Interesting that the only option considered in the article is to “shore up the budget” by increasing some other tax. No thought is given to decreasing spending. None. Nada. Zip.
What color is the sky in the world inhabited by journalists and government workers?
September 29th, 2011 at 10:23 am
3 clicks deep – Full story here: http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/september/320180/State-forced-to-look-at-options-as-revenue-from-red-light-cameras-declines?cid=rss
September 29th, 2011 at 10:37 am
Uncle, spread the word, Columbus Ohio finally removed their more restrictive gun laws after a 5 year battle with Ohio that went to the state Supreme Court.
Woo hoo, we’re winning.
http://seanownsthemoon.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-home-town-finally-catches-up-we-are.html
September 29th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Heard a story a few years back. In Sweden, that had a Huge Cigarette Tax. Then People stopped smoking. The Gooberment went into a Panic, because they lost the Tobacco Revenue, people started living Longer, and now their Old Folks Home expenses climbed through the Roof. So if everyone Obeys the Speed Limit, what’ll happen to the Budget?
September 29th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
You mean red light cameras were all about revenue, NOT safety??
This is my shocked face
September 30th, 2011 at 12:06 am
I’m a courier driver, about 200 miles a day, no fixed route. I see stuff. Near the end of every month, the revenuers are all over the roads, scrambling to make their quotas and their particular jurisdiction’s budgets.
It’s never been about OUR safety.
September 30th, 2011 at 3:52 am
Back in ’05, the NJ State Police essentially went on strike, writing virtually no speeding tickets for several months. Story that hit the papers was how all the towns in the state were going broke without their share of the ticket revenue. IIRC, as much as 80 percent of their revenue was from these tickets.
BTW, NJ has the highest concentration of police radar in the nation.
BTW #2: The stories also reported that the accident and fatality rates went DOWN during this period. They returned to normal after the NJSP resumed ticket writing. I should point out, this always happens whenever it becomes public knowledge that the police in an area have “gone on strike”. This is per the .govs own data collection.