Will the Voters of Springfield, MO get to decide??? or will scamera money trump the people????

http://www.ktts.com/news/138375029.html

City Council Debates Future Of Springfield's Red Light Cameras
Monday, January 30, 2012
 

City Council in Springfield has two weeks to mull over two different bills on the future of the city's red light cameras.

Several members of council are sponsoring a bill to turn them back on. Police Chief Paul Williams sides with them, saying the cameras not only encourage drivers to be safer, they also make enforcement cheaper.  (Ban the Cams comment:  Sure about that chief???   Don't think LA felt the same way.  They LOST MONEY! http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/35/3501.asp Or are you just reading the scamera vendor's boil plate response???)

Williams says it would take a minimum of two officers at each of Springfield's eleven intersections that have the cameras to catch red light runners as effectively. Even factoring dawn-till-dusk hours only, the estimated costs for manpower run close to $2.5M in taxpayer money every year.

There's a separate ordinance that's also before City Council. It seeks to put the future of Springfield's red light cameras in the hands of the voting public.

One person supporting that measure is Adolph Belt. His lawsuit against red light cameras went all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court. The court's ruling stated Springfield's administrative process for handling red light violations did not comply with state statute. Ultimately, City Council decided to halt the program.

Belt and his lawyer both spoke at City Council's meeting Monday night, opposed to using red light cameras at all. However, Belt feels voters should have the final say because, as he puts it, "you cannot enforce any laws, or ordinances, that the people do not believe in".

Both red light camera bills will go before City Council at its next meeting.

BAN THE CAMS:  LET THE PEOPLE VOTE!!!!!

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