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Houston wants to continue red-light cameras after voters rejected them

Whenever red-light cameras are proposed, we're always told the goal is public safety, not revenue generation. But after Houston voters elected to remove the cameras, all the official complaints are about the resulting revenue shortfall and the city is looking for ways to keep them running over voters' objections through the end of the current contract. Reports the Houston Chronicle:Although voters abolished Houston's red light camera system Tuesday, the 70 cameras have the green light to keep recording traffic violations for months as the city weighs a legal strategy for exiting its contract with the firm operating the cameras, city officials say.Anti-camera activists slammed the delay Wednesday, insisting on immediately terminating the five-year contract ? whatever the cost - with ATS, the Arizona firm that manages Houston's system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 06, 2010 (boomark / email).