UPDATE:  CAMERAFRAUD has a GREAT article on this:  http://camerafraud.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/houston-police-union-head-is-paid-ats-lobbyist/  CHECK IT OUT!

http://blog.chron.com/houstonpolitics/2011/07/police-union-director-also-a-red-light-camera-lobbyist/

Police union director also a red-light camera lobbyist
Mark Clark, executive director of the Houston Police Officers Union, served as a lobbyist for the city’s red-light camera contractor in Austin this year, according to Texas Ethics Commission records.

Clark received compensation ranging from $10,000 to $24,999 from American Traffic Solutions, according to the TEC.

Clark, who is also a Houston police officer, said he has not done any lobbying of city hall or the City Council. He has, however, given media interviews supporting the union’s position in favor of red-light cameras. He said he did not feel obligated to disclose his connection to ATS because he merely responded to requests for interviews when the union president and vice president were not available.

“There’s no conflict at all. There’s no double-dealing,” Clark said.

Paul Kubosh, a traffic ticket attorney who led the campaign that resulted in voters banning the cameras last November, said the union’s position is tainted by the association.

“I’m not saying there’s an ethical violation,” Kubosh said. “I just think it needs to be disclosed.”

Clark said it is Kubosh who has the conflict of interest.

“The conflict of interest is, it’s a money thing for them that they see being cut off,” Clark said.

Ban the Cams note:  CLARK HOW DOES BANNING THE RLC FINANCIALLY BENEFIT KUBOSH????  What are you smoking stuff in the evidence room???

The union issued a statement in support of Clark, that reads, in part:

Mark is not a member of the HPOU Board of Directors who made the decision to support the use of red light cameras in Houston. Furthermore, Mark has not been a member of the HPOU board since 1993.   Therefore, statements claiming that there are any conflicts involving Mark Clark or the HPOU are without merit.
 

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