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Ex-CEO of company in red light camera bribery scandal indicted (Chicago)
myfoxchicago.com ^ | 08/13/2014 | Sun-Times

Posted on 08/13/2014 1:38:54 PM PDT by aimhigh

The former CEO of the company at the heart of Chicago's red light camera bribery scandal has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

Karen Finley — the 54-year-old former boss of Redflex Traffic Systems — was indicted Wednesday, three months after city worker John Bills was charged with soliciting bribes to help Redflex win the city's lucrative red light camera contract, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. . . . . .

But evidence of unexplained spikes in tickets issued at intersections since then means the red light program remains a political headache for Emanuel.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; redlightcamera
Nothing to see here, just business as usual in Obamatown.
1 posted on 08/13/2014 1:38:54 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Create a crisis and then never let a crisis go to waste. Ironic how corruption follows the children of His Arrogance.


2 posted on 08/13/2014 1:43:08 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (His Arrogance would love to replace John Kerry-Heinz but all the trained monkeys turned him down.)
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To: aimhigh

It seems everywhere they put these things problems rise up. From corruption to shortening of the yellow signals to increase ticket revenue.


3 posted on 08/13/2014 1:46:46 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: aimhigh
I'm guessing that this Karen Finley is not the same person as Karen Finley the performance artist, creator of Lick It and The Truth Is Hard To Swallow, among other enlightened works of art.
5 posted on 08/13/2014 2:20:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: aimhigh

Haven’t had any experience with the red light cameras,but to me it seems criminal that taxpayers are expected to pay for something that penalizes them.


6 posted on 08/14/2014 9:02:05 AM PDT by oldtech
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