There seems to be a consensus that there's already too heavy of a tax burden in Kansas City.
There are enough taxes disguised as fees.
Police can argue public safety in terms of Red Light Camera support and they deserve respect for their commitment . . . However . . .
In the final analysis Kansas City Politicos made an expensive and potentially money wasting decision to put this Cowtown under surveillance and there needs to be a price for their complicity.
So take note regarding which politicos are coming out in favor of ticketing people on the streets of KC . . . These folks don't have the best interests of working people in mind.
Already there have been a volley of complaints from The Eastside and around 71 which complain about disparity when in comes to Red Light Enforcement. If politicos are going to make more tickets for drivers part of their campaign platform . . . Good luck against local voters who don't think that surveillance equals safety and may not like the priority that politicos give these fees.
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Mayor Defends Red Light Cameras
KC mayor, others speak up for red light cameras
City Makes Push To 'Save' Red-Light Cameras
But what about the children?
ReplyDeleteTony, Do you want a larger traffic control division or more cops patroling neighborhoods? The red light camera intersections are made very public.Stop running red lights people. Quit complaining. Whats the difference if you get pulled over or get your ticket in the mail.
ReplyDeleteThe council spends a fortune on red light cameras, but refuses to make sidewalks and city hall acessible to crippled people?
ReplyDeletefuck you 7:55
ReplyDeletethe majority of tickets handed out are for right turns on red, really dangerous stuff. cunts like you that flap their lips with no idea what they are talking about piss me off.
That means good bye to your favorite cheerleader Cathy "Red Light" Jolly.
ReplyDeleteCathy Jolly loves red light cameras because her buddy, Scaglia, makes money off the contracts for them. Once again, she feathers the nest of a friend at citizen's expense. Vote NO on Jolly in 2011.
ReplyDeleteYou should be against them because there are ways to TRULY make the intersections safer WITHOUT burdening the taxpayers wallets. Increasing yellow light times has been shown to reduce ALL accidents in an intersection by 70-80%. All reds for an additional amount of time will increase safety in the intersections as well. Also, there is no due process when it comes to getting a ticket by the cameras.
ReplyDeleteDue Process: says that government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law. Due process holds the government submissive to the law of the land, protecting individual persons from the state. The 5th amendment to the constitution says that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Because of municipality’s use of a ‘rebuttable presumption,’ or a presumption that the driver of the car is the owner of the car, and a failure of the municipality to provide evidence against the driver of the car, individuals are forced incriminate themselves or investigate, provide evidence, and incriminate another. Forcing the owner of the car to incriminate another, in many cases a family member, can be a violation of a person’s right to spousal privilege (the right to not incriminate or testify against your spouse). Municipalities use a presumption of guilt, not innocence, and punish our Missouri citizens based on the assumption that the individual who owned the car is the individual who ran the red light. If you are innocent you must provide proof of your innocence vs. the state providing proof of your guilt.
When it comes down to it, the red light cameras are simply a revenue generator for the city. Not all the money STAYS in Kansas City either, as we 'rent' the cameras from a company in Arizona. Why are we sending part of our revenue to Arizona? I would think that Kansas Citians would rather save their $100 and spend it here in the city, where they see fit. Not funding an unconstitutional program that puts money into the back pockets of bureaucrats.
Follow the money!!
8:47. Stop takeing right hand turns you are not suppose to. The cameras are well publicised dummy.
ReplyDeletePut more red light cameras on the eastside. The people populating the area are generally leeches on the government tit. Might as well get some of that money back in a sort of third level kind of way...
ReplyDeleteI agree with 8:47.
ReplyDeleteWe got a ticket making a right hand turn at 7:30 a.m. and you could see zero traffic around. Come on. Whose life was saved there? All I accomplished was padding the wallet of the red light camera company. Besides, I heard it is costing the city more in court costs so the only winner is the company not the citizens.
Its sad when a major city is so poorly run that another poorly run entity (Missouri) must step in to restore sanity.
ReplyDeleteWhenever you are charged with a crime - be it a felony or a misdemeanor, you have the right to cross-examine the witness against you. These camera citations are not cross-examinable, hence unconstitutional.
ReplyDeleteI do not run red lights and I have never received a citation from one of these cameras, however, in the off chance that I ever DO receive a citation, I will not play nice and send in my payment - I will go to court and demand a witness who can identify me as the driver.
If everybody who received one of these fought it, the system would be so overburdened so quickly that they'd get rid of these cameras without the assist of the Missouri legislature.