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In reply to the discussion: After Plan for Speed Cameras Fails in Albany, a Tirade From Bloomberg [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)59. Not only that, but
The camera makers for years have forcibly shoved their product down the throats of local governments who aren't smart enough to know better as "revenue growers"...
I'm guessing whoever runs the camera company is a friend of Bloomberg (or a friend of a friend), and through back channels had assurances that Albany was a done deal...
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Go Mike! Speed kills.The real nuts are the ones in Texas that raised the speed limit to 85.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#1
Should Clarence have left George Bailey on the bridge and not been an authoritarian?
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#8
Wellness takes money from the rich and back to the poor. Wellness saves mega money
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#42
Clarence the billionaire angel could have left George Bailey on the bridge to jump.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#49
Jorg Haider of Austria thought a similiar thing, oddly enough on the Autobahn.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#54
We don't have to follow the Europeans. Some people seem to be selling traffic cameras on eBay.
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#15
Who wants to do the bidding of this billionaire bully whose police illegally beat Occupy Wall Street
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#13
They always scream "Think of the children!!" to mask their REAL motives.
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2013
#22
waaaaaaaaaah!!! Damn democracy! Life would be easier if Mikey were a dictator for life. . .wait.
Nanjing to Seoul
Mar 2013
#38