After Kansas City Red Light Cameras were configured in such a way that Missouri Courts STRUCK DOWN their operation . . . Today Kansas City attempts to rewrite the law rather than listen to the will of citizenry and higher courts who oppose the surveillance tech.
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KCMO city council to take up red light camera ordinance
Are red light camera tickets back?
Question . . .
IS KANSAS CITY SETTING ITSELF UP FOR AN EXPENSIVE LEGAL CHALLENGE BY DOUBLING DOWN ON RED LIGHT CAMERAS ALREADY DEFEATED IN MISSOURI COURTS?!?!?!
Fact . . .
IT TURNS OUT RED LIGHT CAMERAS WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM POLITICOS AND TOP LEVEL CITY OFFICIALS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INSTALLED . . . WHY SHOULD WE TRUST THEIR OPINION THE SECOND TIME AROUND REGARDING CONTROVERSIAL SPY TECH?!?!
Either way . . . It's nice that we can drop the cynical debate about public safety and now everyone seems to realize this struggle is really about nothing more than securing revenue for our broke-ass town in order to fund the toy train streetcar and other white elephant projects.
Developing . . .
Don't forget the downtown hotel. Sly hasn't!
ReplyDeleteYour editorial summary is spot-on!!!
ReplyDelete"...securing revenue for our broke-ass town in order to fund the toy train streetcar and other white elephant projects."
that says it all!
Stop at the red lights and the city gets no revenue. Whats so difficult to understand?
ReplyDeleteBy way of gentle reminder - In 2000, total US debt was $5.7 trillion. Now it is three times greater, or $17.2 trillion.
ReplyDeleteStupid Kansas City, can't even understand the law. They threw out photo enforcement tickets, but not entering the intersection on red. So read the new ordinance, it still is a photo enforcement ticket. Also, you have to prove TKC was there, not just that his car (or Mom's car) was there. This will not last long!!!
ReplyDeleteStupid is right. City Hall Attorneys are notorious for this type of tomfoolery. If they had an attorney with an ounce of intellect... now that would be surprising.
ReplyDeleteWaste of time. City Hall thinks and acts on anything that looks like a money pit. Too bad the city is lead by otherwise unemployable attorneys.
ReplyDeleteWow! We are now agents of the red light cameras. Can they twist this law anymore?
ReplyDeleteOK. Who is making money on it?
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone in KC know how to vote???????
ReplyDeleteKansas City brokered a deal with the red light camera company. It was a five year contract that pays them $600,000 a month! They continue to pay the company this figure while the cameras are off. Now you see why they are in a rush to get them activated again. Who would've thought those cameras brought in that much revenue??
ReplyDeleteThis is all about the city having a contract that has to be paid because some incompetent ass lawyer never even considered that the ordinance would get a smack down. Now the city tosses around the idea of another ordinance that is going to et another smack down.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone in this town ever vote 'cause it is time to move a few of the jackasses into the private sector.
What I really don't get is why does KCPD let themselves be used as meter maids in this red light program when they know what a bunch of bullshit it really is? Seriously is PD under state control or just pretending to be?