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No More Liberty

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

It was less than a year ago that Virginia lawmakers admirably outlawed red light cameras, citing–believe it or not–”liberty” as their reason.

How fleeting liberty can be. Yesterday, the state senate gave the okay to traffic cameras. The bill had already passed the House of Delegates, which provided most of the resistance last year. Governor Tim Kaine is expected to sign it.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 10:33 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “No More Liberty”

  1. #1 |  Home of Mr. Joshy |  February 21st, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Enforcement Cameras Pass House, Senate

    From The Washington Post via The Agitator, more news following my previous post on this topic, the Virginia Assembly has passed a bill re-authorizing traffic enforcement cameras throughout the state. On my ride into work this morning I spotted a red li…

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