WATERLOO, Iowa --- The city is entertaining plans for cameras to catch and ticket speeding motorists and those running red lights. Waterloo City Council members received a sales pitch Monday from representatives of Gatso USA Inc. of Beverly, Mass., which installed similar traffic devices in Cedar Rapids earlier this year. Mayor Buck Clark and a majority of the council members said they were willing to entertain employing the cameras, which are designed to improve roadway safety but have been panned by opponents as being invasions of privacy and city revenue boosters. Cough cough..I call bullish*t. In an interview, mayor Clark says they don't have the funds or sources to have someone watch a intersection for speeders and accidents. But now they have the funds and sources for someone in a different state to review countless hours of tapes to find speeders and record their license plate? Huh? Power and Greed ruins everything. Sure," it's all about safety" when you can...
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