Dear Editor:
RE: Automated speed cameras go live in Wellington County, Jan. 23.
After reading the article in the Jan. 23 Advertiser on automated speed cameras, I was expecting this subject to be discussed in Letters to the Editor in the next issue of the paper – it was not.
It seems people are too busy or are used to BS coming from our elected officials.
Statements like “We hope it doesn’t generate anything” from Gregg Davidson and then reading that the county expects $1 million and has already put it in the budget, gets my BS meter moving to the right.
Also Global Traffic Group is such a generous company that they will supply the system free to the municipality in exchange for a percentage split of the money collected – however, the split percentages are confidential.
Michel Dehn, like Gregg Davidson, also said it is not meant to be a revenue generator; it’s about safety not money.
The threshold above the speed limit is also confidential as the goal is to keep people driving below the speed limit.
The thing that is most irritating to me is that a contract between our elected officials and a public company has too many confidential parts that can not be disclosed especially when it involves money.
In the first two weeks, with not all cameras deployed, 7,000 tickets have been issued.
Maybe next year our taxes will be reduced or, as usual, elected officials will find a new way to spend our money
John Bossie,
Puslinch