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  • Residents accuse police chief in Florida of laying speed traps that hurt business

    12/20/2002 8:00:28 AM PST · by babaloo999 · 28 replies · 297+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 12-20-02 | Ron Word
    WALDO, Fla. -- Some residents of this northern Florida town are beginning to think their police chief might be getting too successful busting speeders. Business leaders, who are embroiled in a bitter war of words with the law-and-order chief, say he is hurting business because people are too scared to risk driving through Waldo's speed traps. For Chief A.W. Smith, there is no compromise. "Slow down and see our city or speed up and see our judge," he said. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/1709826