Red light cameras, speed cameras, delaying the vote on the legislation to allow these red light and speed cameras, it all sounds simple enough. At the city council meeting last night in Canton, Ohio, some of the motivation was revealed for Mayor Healy pushing so hard for Redflex to be allowed to install their red light cameras and speed cameras to ticket canton residents for profit.
At the meeting last night, Canton City Council president Allen Schulman questioned Mayor Healy about two associates of Redflex that contributed to his campaign. The two Redflex associates purchased tickets to Healy’s golf outing, each contributing $125.00. Mayor Healy says there is nothing wrong with this, and that he knew that each was a Redflex associate.
I have a few serious questions that need answered. If Redflex sent two of their associates to Healy’s golf outing and everything is above board, why did Rice (a Redflex associate) feel the need to lie about his occupation and list “self employed” when he registered online? What other contributions were promised if Redflex is successful in pushing its red light camera and speed camera systems onto the residents of Canton, Ohio.
Mayor Healy says that the Council president is the one who looks bad after last night’s meeting. I have to disagree with you Mr. Mayor. The Council president is not the one who asked for a vote to be delayed so that he could try to buy time to ask for political favors when it was looking bad for a political contributor of his. Mr. Mayor, give up on the red light cameras and speed cameras before you completely ruin your political career. Do you really want your legacy to be these red light cameras and speed cameras? You know that it is easy to have residents sign recall petitions at the same time they are signing petitions to let the voters decide the fate of red light cameras. Nobody is saying the contributions are illegal, but they certainly explain why the mayor is so insistent that these red light cameras be installed.
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