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5/3/2012
Texas: Citizen Activists Target Red Light Camera ExpendituresComplaint filed against League City, Texas for improper use of over $230,000 in red light camera funds.
League City, Texas is violating state law governing the use of proceeds from a red light camera program, according to a local activist who filed an official complaint yesterday. Under state law, a municipality may only use its photo ticketing profit to pay for "traffic safety programs." League City appears to be using the revenue to create a slush fund for the local police department.
"They went on a spending spree that would make a drunken sailor blush," Byron Schirmbeck, director of
5/2/2012
Study: Motorists Are Primary Contributors to Federal and State Tax RevenueAutomotive industry study finds that cars contribute $134.5 billion in state and federal tax revenue.
5/1/2012
Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down City Sticker RoadblockJustices in Kentucky blast city sticker roadblocks as a revenue raising exercise.
4/30/2012
Opinion: When a Yellow Light is Too LongIncreasing yellow times beyond 6 seconds is going too far.
4/29/2012
DC, New Mexico, France: Speed Cameras Marked, AttackedVigilantes strike at photo enforcement devices in DC, New Mexico and France.
