Ferrari Mailing List: it's time for the torches...

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

"In the long term, the [Illinois] governor is considering installing  
speed cameras in each direction of every interstate in the 20 State  
Police districts across Illinois to raise $50 million a year in  
revenue -- enough for 500 more troopers. The money could support an  
"elite tactical team" and bolster everything from crash investigations  
to cold-case murder probes, Trent said.

Currently, camera-equipped vans nab speeders in construction zones,  
but state law does not allow speed cameras on interstates, Trent said.

In Arizona, 50 speed cameras will be deployed on highways by September  
with another 50 by January at a cost of about $20 million. The state  
hopes to raise $90 million a year by imposing $165 fines on vehicles  
going 10 mph over the speed limit or faster."...

                Chicago Sun-Times



The bastards aren't even denying that the purpose of the speed cameras  
is not safety but revenue enhancement. A good reason to avoid Illinois  
at all costs. The jerk Governor Blagojevich that introduced this  
idiocy flies back and forth every day from Chicago to Springfield in a  
private jet because he doesn't want to live in the Governor's mansion.  
Same as Arnold in CA.

Is seems to me we have fomented a new Aristocracy, one that lives in  
total disconnect from the rest of us. Like, for instance, France in  
1788...



The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood  
of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson



Kenzimodo (The Hunchbrain of Notre Damn)