St. Charles County voters went to the polls and, by a 73% margin, approved a County Charter provision that would ban Red Light Cameras throughout the County. The County Council could simply have passed a resolution to ban the cameras but, correctly in our opinion, put it to a vote of the people. It passed by a landslide. One would think that, when voters at the polls express such a resounding opinion, politicians would take notice and, on an issue such as this, heed public opinion. Well, guess what. They are using the taxpayer's own money to sue the County (more taxpayer money down the drain) in an attempt to overturn the vote and impose their own will on the citizens of St. Charles County!

Now the true colors of certain local political leaders who like to call themselves "conservative" are coming into view. Who are these politicians? Well, they come from St. Peters, O'Fallon, Lake St. Louis and a few other small towns in the county. Our research shows that the Red Light Camera companies themselves have probably heavily influenced overturning or influencing the vote concerning this spying on citizens. These politicians really feel that voters don't know "what is good for them" (and good for the coffers) and intend to overturn the overwhelming vote of the people by hiring expensive legal counsel to see if they can force their opinion on citizens. This is the liberal dogma rearing its ugly head IN SPADES.

Since many independent studies have found Red Light and speed cameras to be ineffective and unconstitutional and in fact may actually be lowering safety (see links at the bottom of the page), there could be only one reason why politicians seek to force these spy cameras on a reluctant public. They are a source of BIG MONEY both for the politicians and for the companies who manufacture, install and maintain them!

Political flacks are rarely persuaded by the overwhelming opinion of the people and, true to form, these politicians decided the issue of "city sovereignty" was the most important argument and not, of course, the REAL issue of Red Light Cameras and "spying for money." What these politicians are trying to do (always with taxpayers footing the bill) is so transparent it borders on the ridiculous. They seem to have calculated, undoubtedly based on expensive advice from their lawyers (again paid for by the taxpayers), that a legal sales pitch about "sovereignty" and "safety" were more likely to win in the courts and more "salable" to those who do not understand their real motivations. The individual politicians who support the filing of lawsuits to overturn the Red Light Camera vote should be removed from office at the earliest opportunity. We will endeavor to name those politicians for you in coming commentaries.

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