[oh8eleven]

Houston Mayor Bill White was furious when he saw the report's draft text in August. He banned the document from publication...
There are plenty of other studies all in agreement ...

• "Comprehensive studies conclude cameras actually increase crashes and injuries..."
• "The cameras were associated with an increase in total crashes..."
• "The analysis shows that the number of crashes at locations with cameras more than doubled, from 365 collisions in 1998 to 755 last year."

But when it comes to gov't and greed, facts be damned.

[weegee]

I want to know how many cops and bus drivers (metro and school) have been caught on these. Since it is a private company that collects the money, at least at one point they did NOT want to waive the fees for non-emergencies and the city tried to make the violators pony up the cash.

The city is in a tizzy right now about what to do over suspected assault by police officers. Put a video camera in the downtown holding cell (before booking) and you’ll catch cops in the act of assault and the damn well knows it. It is a potential multimillion dollar lawsuit that could hit our city.