"Whatcha gonna do, City Council?"
Posted on 07/26/2022 7:06:10 AM PDT by Salman
After a months-long battle led by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the City Council last week rejected an alderman’s proposal to give drivers a 10 mph buffer before the city’s prolific speed cameras issue citations. The threshold used to be 10 mph, but at Lightfoot’s request, the council reduced it to 6 mph during the 2021 budget season. She claimed that the change was necessary to make roads safer. Critics argued that she was looking for more money to help balance the city’s budget.
But it turns out that two of the police-driven SUVs that currently shuttle Lightfoot around town have racked up three speed camera tickets and two warnings in the past 14 months. The city’s finance office confirmed that none of the fines had been paid as of July 22.
One of the mayor’s current SUVs also has a red light ticket. It’s also unpaid.
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The Elites have to show us they are above the law.
Larry needs to slow down.
Probably late for her hair appointments.
Now, begone you peon.
We sure do have too many dunce mayors.
She speeds between fish tank cleanings.
I could care less about her hypocrisy and the speeding tickets. Finally, Chicago will be safe!/s. I’m astounded that that is where her focus is and nothing is said.
She’s still going to waltz to re-election.
If folks in Chicago don’t care about it, why should I?
Or queen, as the case may be.
She’s black and the mayor ... laws are to be ignored by such privileged class.
With them eyes she can’t claim she didn’t see the light turn red.
A black, lesbian, elitist liberal elected official scoffing at the law? Well now I seen everything.
Are we sure this isn’t the Bee?
All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.
Just like Kwame Kilpatrick did in Detroit. It’s been over twenty years since was elected the first time. Time flies.
It will all come to a head if they ever run into another vehicle or run some one over going through one of those red lights or speeding..... Bet.
Chicago withholds the notifications until the date for contesting the ticket I has passed leaving payment as the only option to license revocation. That little rodent got me for $1600 or so on 8violations in the last year and a half
She’s just trying to outrun Beetlejuice in her rearview mirror.
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