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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Only In School Zones?

Attempting to peddle this scheme as anything other than scraping and clawing for cash is an insult. This is just another way for City Hall to wage war against the citizenry to help pay for their willy-nilly spending spree.
Note the company soliciting the city refers to their product as “Speed and Red Light Photo Enforcement.” City officials present the idea and the intent to the public as “Safety Cameras.”
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

How dare the Sun Messenger question the wisdom of Mayor Welo & The Fantastic 7. Well maybe city officials proposed these traffic cameras on purpose knowing it would draw attention away from the real mis-deeds they have done to the taxpayers of South Euclid. County reform? How about South Euclid reform! Their books are probably so cooked you could stick a fork in 'em.

Anonymous said...

Every other City surrounding SE is cutting costs and services. In SE everybody keeps their job and gets a pay raise. The biggest of course to Community director MM at $15,000.
Of course the City needs more money (CAMERA'S ONLY PURPOSE) It has been acting so irresponsibly for so long, there is a sense of entitlement in the City (Council and Administration).They also think they are a bunch of know-it-alls.
Appeal you Property Tax amount charged. Like it or not with all the BS in SE your property is worth less!! City is shooting itself in the foot.

Anonymous said...

Great comments,by the way.
I glanced at the articles concerning the cameras(big brother)the city is considering implementing,well,subcontracting,to
a private company,that would also profit from this venture.
I applaud the city for considering any,and every,possible means of adding $$$ to our "coffers".But this idea,certainly a money maker,mostly due to the fact that no human intervention is required,
is something that should be given great consideration.Just as we have always been told how smok'n weed leads to the use of hard drugs like heroin,wouldn't also every seemingly little bit of freedom we give up,for any reason,lead us to total submission,slavery,complete loss of humanity.
A chill ran up my spine.Not just
our elected reps out to control every part of our life,by taxing us,controlling us,living off the hard earned money we bust our asses for.But,now teaming up with some private security company that will build,install,monitor,and control all citizens of S.E.
The city,and their "NAZI" comrades will put the screws to every citzen of S.E.
Running a red light should be a serious offense.But the camera would also "convict" anyone who crossed the white line,or probably a new laser beam measuring system that would be 99.99999% accurate,thus indisputable in court.
Are we so desperate,depraved,
indifferent,that we would actually consider allowing machines to control our behaviour?
Watch out for the cameras!Be afraid of the camera,the machine.
What does someone in the car say every time you drive to downtown
Cleveland,or the Clinic?
Our elected,yes,we actually freely give our liberty,to these morons.Think about it.Terminator,great sci-fi movie.
Future reallity????
What say you?

Hank Drake said...

Gotta disagree with you here, at least as far as the need for enforcement. Speeding on South Belvoir is at an epidemic rate, and with the curving street, the potential for accidents is high. Just the other day, there was a 3 car accident in front of my house. Just signs notifying drivers of cameras would go a long way toward slowing traffic down.

Anonymous said...

Hank,
I agree with you.Speeding,careless drivers,inexperianced drivers,driving under the influence,all can lead to serious accidents,and most often,an innocent person will pay the price,not the offender.
There are risks we are exposed to everyday in our lives that we have no control over.I accept this,and do what I can to protect my family.I am very capable of teaching,warning,and supervising those I love,and have to protect.
Just how much responsibility do you wish to put on the government;
thus releiving yourself of the responsibility,we all have to teach ourselves,and others to respect the laws,be safe,and at the very least,if you're gonna' kill someone,make it yourself!
You can't expect the city,and what I'd call "parasite companies",that feed off fears that we all have for our innocent,law abiding,citizens,kids,,,,reaping huge profits,"blood money",and doing nothing that actually has an effect on those behaviours that hurt us all.
C'mon Hank,you read like an intelligent man.
Laws,rules,respect,compassion,
when applied to any of our behaviors,give those of us who will obey and respect those rules,the assurance that anarchy,lawlessness,equality,will prevail.
But has no control over those that choose to ignore those limitations.The criminals,the drunk drivers,the speeders,will continue to run amok,and expose us to danger.
How much do you think we should pay,how many personal freedoms will you give up,only to give yourself a false sense of security?

Anonymous said...

My husband recently received one of these tickets from another city. They send it two weeks after you've been photographed so there's no way you can remember how fast or slow you were driving. I agree with the other posters this is being put in place to pay for South Euclid's overspending such as the playground of possibilities; built before the ability to pay.

Anonymous said...

Now we're starting to get it!
You are dead on!
This is not about public safety,or law enforcement.It's about the city,and private company,profiting at our expense.It's about the city raising $$$$$ to fund their misdeeds!!!!!
Lordy,Lordy,you have lifted my spirits woman.Too bad it cost your
husband a ticket.I would guess at least $100.Money you could have spent on your family.Your home,food,kids,whatever.Instead,
it's going to some corrupt city,county,state government.It will pay for some politicians pool,landscaping,4 star restaurant dinner.Don't you just love these bastards and their crooked ways to fleece us? All in the name of public safety,or the improvement of the community!
What a load of crap.And the sad thing is all the people that believe in these scams.Believe they are good,and will make our lives better,and somehow make us safer.
You want to make us safer?
Put more police on the streets!Not cameras.Support the right of people to protect their property.
Enforce the laws we have now.Respect,and place the rights of victims over the law breakers.
Make,and enforce punishments that
will make offenders think twice about their actions.
Red light cameras,sobriety checkpoints,government controls,,,
Do these really protect us?
Oh,sure,the Germans thought so.The Russians also.The Japanese,Chileans,Argentinians,
Cambodians,Iraq,Iran,Chinese.
They all believed that allowing their government control every aspect of their lives,giving up freedom,and rights because the government would solve all their problems.Keep them all safe and secure.Just allow these people to put in cameras,home inspections,property taxes to support crooked politicians lifestyles.
Far fetched? Crazy conspiritorial
rantings of a delusional libertarian?
Ghengis Kahn,Alexander,Ceasar,
Hitler,Stalin,Kruchev,Mao Tse Tung,
Khmer Rouge,Pol Pot,Jones Town,
Davidians,somalian pirates,Kim Jong Il.Dictators,mass murderers.
Governments and leaders that promised to protect their citizens.
Every effort,every plan,every law.All in the framework of being better for the "people".
Figments of some right wing republican,left wing democrat,libertarian?
Beware.Be open minded.Look at history.Promises of change.Promises and reasons why we need to allow our government to institute programs to control our behaviour,limit our freedoms in the name of public good.To tax us beyond our abilities to pay.To make us servants;beholden to our masters.Servitude in the name of
some social program that benifits those in control.
Crazy,booyaa,sounds crazy to me,fer'sure.
I'm no Glenn Beck,Rush Limbaugh
wacko.I'm just a realist.
Is Mayor Welo a Nazi? Hell,hell no.Is Moe a power crazed dictator?
Of course not.Is our council a gaggle of murderers and communists?
I sure as hell don't think so.
But what I do believe is this,
these people,Mayor,City Council members,our fellow citizens,are too free to give up the freedoms that have been hard earned by our founding fathers,our fathers,brothers,sisters.Most of have no idea the true cost of freedom.
Every camera,every tax,every law,
ordinance,every check point,is really another restriction on the freedoms that so many of our bretheren have given their lives for.Given their lives for!Their lives,their families,their loved ones.Left gaping holes,and lost love,to die for the freedoms we have.And the few assholes that think red light cameras are a good thing will now control,and foresake,demean the life and freedom men have died for.
Exageration? Think about it.
People believed in Hitler.Believed in Stalin.
Please,please,please,wake up you foolish,weak,lambs.Stand up,have the strength to believe in yourselves.We can stand together.Lock arms.Don't fall for the promises that if we give others the power they will protect and serve us.They will only control us,abuse,and enslave us.
This is no crazy rant.What has history shown us?

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