Our group was protesting the red light camera before they went up. I was at the Village board meeting when the Village Trustees voted 6-0 to approve the red light camera. This was months before the camera was operational and months before it was pulled down. We led a letter writing campaign that from what I heard was the most extensive amount of response that the Village Trustees ever received on a issue before.

But then again this is an article about the 91%-9% of Schaumburg residents who voted for a sales tax roll back. I agree with the 91% & I don’t think they are laughing about high sales taxes.

The application to install more cameras is what we were addressing that night. I think at least three people, Mike Theodore, Bob Garrett, and myself all congratulated the Village on turning off the right turn lane red light camera that night before asking them to reconsider their addition of more cameras.

Don’t confuse anger and beliefs. I have a belief in lower taxes, transparent government, no corporate welfare, and common sense public safety measures.

I go to Village board meetings and comment on stories because I believe in standing up for your ideals.

As far as the red light camera story. You can see by looking at the Village meeting minutes that the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition represented by myself & others, such as Bob Garrett, have been at the Village meetings concerning the red light camera at all stages of the legislation. From the initial public safety meetings, to the meeting where the Village officially okay-ed the contract with Red Speed, to the meeting when the Village decided to turn the right turn lane cameras off.

Personally, I don’t believe your a Board member in disguise. Now I was at the Board meeting, and yes, the camera was turned off. The front-page article in the paper was actually fair. Here’s a quote:

“Schaumburg officials received both praise and scorn Tuesday night over two actions related to their red-light camera policy.

What a couple of residents found praiseworthy was the village board’s decision to deactivate a controversial camera at Meacham and Woodfield roads that generated nearly $1 million in fines just from drivers who failed to come to a complete stop before turning right on red.

But the same residents objected that trustees also applied to the Illinois Department of Transportation to install further cameras at state-owned intersections in other parts of the village.”

With that said, I even asked them what the current plans were for camera instillation. Mayor Larson told me they’re not planning on anything new, but did not mention that application.

The idea was not to beat down an issue that was dead, but to make sure they don’t forget we’re watching.

Interestingly, the only way that you would positively know that our efforts did not influence the Village Board, is if you are indeed a Village Board member yourself. Which begs the question why do you continue to post anonymously to this site, where there is no way we can verify any of your claims?

It is the purpose of this site and the SFC to give the people of Schaumburg information to back them up when it comes to objecting to overreaching government actions. It worked with the red light cameras, and it can work with bringing down the sales tax.

Thanks. I think I’ll work on rolling back Schaumburg’s second highest sales tax in the nation. That sounds like a good challenge for me and the 91% of Schaumburg citizens who favored rolling back sales taxes.