Taking on the Government Bellingham, WA: Lawmakers Refuse To Block Traffic Camera Initiative
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Posted: Friday, 09 September 2011 12:23AM
Lawmakers Refuse To Block Traffic Camera Initiative
Mike Curtiss Reporting
KGMI News
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The Bellingham City Council is allowing the citizen initiative limiting red-light cameras to stay on the November ballot.
After Thursday’s closed council session, council president Stan Snapp says the city wants to “wait and see” whether or not voters approve the measure.
“As far as council goes, we’re going to just stay out of it,” he said.
“We stayed out of it initially to let it go to the ballot. The finance director then requested that it go to the ballot for the initiative, and that’s going forward.”
He says the initiative is in the voters’ pamphlet and it’s on the ballot at this point, and the city will be curious to see what the voters have to say.
Red-light camera company American Traffic Solutions asked the State Court of Appeals to reconsider blocking the measure, but the court Thursday denied the request.
ATS spokesman Charles Territo released a statement saying that if the measure moves forward, “the people will be asked to participate in, and the taxpayers of Bellingham will be asked to pay for, an election that the court has already ruled has ‘no legal force.’”
(just like Tokyo Rose, eh Tokyo Charlie. "just give up solders", HMM SORRY CHARLIE, WE ARE AMERICANS! NOT SCAMERA SNAKE OIL SALES MAN!)
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