As Mr. Waples said that the Finance Advisory Board came up with various options for the city to generate revenue thus justifying the enormous multi-million expense to keep the Sheriff, I can't think of one idea other than the failed Red-Light Camera.
As we have determined, the guy making the money is the red-light camera company. Recently the FL House voted to ban red-light cameras on a 59/57 vote. The reason why the vote was so close was the main red-light camera company, American Traffic Solutions (the same company that tried to invade our city), had heavily lobbied the State reps by giving a bunch of cash to the Republican Party and to various campaigns. Read about it here. Perhaps they need to follow our Ethics Policy.
Studies show that increasing amber time by 1 second can reduce violations by 60 percent or more in many cases. Our Commissions were right both times in their vote against installing red-light cameras. Our State Rep, Jeff Clemens, was one of the 57 who voted against the ban of red-light cameras.
How does this affect Boynton's red-light cameras that will go into operation tomorrow? The Ban is not FL law as it died in the Senate.
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