A fight over red light cameras is once again brewing in one Chicago suburb. 'The buck stops at Pritzker's desk and at all of your desks. And it stops tonight.'
Terrace, where the previous mayor pled guilty to taking $88,000 in bribes from the company that operates them.
"Do laws matter in our Land of Lincoln anymore? Or is Illinois run by corrupt politicians who think they can hammer us with fake tickets?" said Hillside resident Roger Romanelli, addressing the Oakbrook Terrace City Council Tuesday night. "The buck stops at Pritzker's desk and at all of your desks. And it stops tonight."
"It's an alternative tax that they are imposing on drivers," said Mark Wallace, who leads the group Citizens to Abolish Red Light Cameras. "Drivers and people should not be fooled by this to think that this disguise is something of safety."But Oak Brook Terrace Mayor Paul Esposito says he commends the judge's decision to have the cameras reactivated, for safety.
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