Big business
Any “good” (as in business-minded, not benevolent) company tries hard to lobby the government to pass laws in their favor. It’s how business is done in this country, I suppose.
Check out this article.
It seems that when the government itself is running the nearly $10M/year business, no lobbyists are necessary — just get some court orders to protect the money supply and keep free speech at bay. Clearly the courthouse is no place for civil liberties.
December 12th, 2005 at 6:03 pm
Okay, I’ll bite: Knowing what a red-light-camera hater you are, and given that San Francisco is the most dangerous city in California for pedestrians (and one of the worst in the country), how would you like the state to enforce lawful behavior? (I’m assuming you agree there is a problem.)
December 12th, 2005 at 10:15 pm
My (originally) small response turned into a whole new blog entry. Stay tuned.
December 12th, 2005 at 11:10 pm
[…] On a recent comment, my friend Michael wrote: Knowing what a red-light-camera hater you are, and given that San Francisco is the most dangerous city in California for pedestrians (and one of the worst in the country), how would you like the state to enforce lawful behavior? (I’m assuming you agree there is a problem.) […]