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Tag: Due Process

Thursday Feature - Red Lights

By JGillman, Section Multimedia
Posted on Thu Jun 06, 2013 at 09:22:31 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Red Light Cameras, Graft, 6th Amendment, Due Process, C4L, Big Government, Wayne Schmidt, (RINO-104), Constitution, Bad Law, ATS (all tags)

When Wayne Schmidt says Red Light Cameras are just a tool, he validates the word"tool" as something that has an appropriate place in the conversation.

Why is it that government must constantly move the line in the sand in a way that chips away at our liberties? Why do we continue to elect those who are so readily available and capitulating to the Lansing and National parasites which outnumber them 8 to 1?

Schmidt didn't write this legislation any more than he built Cobo Hall with his bare hands. This is likely template legislation provided by ATS to Schmidt, and the reward for being such a bold legislator remains a mystery.

Any dummy that follows him into this rabbit hole just adds another reason to distrust our legislators' ability to learn from history.

[editor's note, by JGillman] I should note the video was originally found at: http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/18710

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Wayne Schmidts Red Light Cameras

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Mon Jun 03, 2013 at 02:28:15 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, Red Light Cameras, Graft, 6th Amendment, Due Process, C4L, Big Government, Wayne Schmidt, (RINO-104), Constitution, Bad Law (all tags)

Aside from the fact that the lobbyists were contacting local sheriffs BEFORE any legislation was released, there are plenty enough reasons to dislike, or 'hate' the idea of Red Light cameras being used in Michigan.

Some of them glaringly obvious, some perhaps not-so-much. Michigan Campaign For Liberty did a pretty good job of banging out 17 reasons why to hate the red light snitch devices, and perhaps adding to why folks like Wayne Schmidt ought not EVER seek political office EVER again.

From constitutionality to poor allocation of resources, to outright graft, you have seen our other commentary on this issue.

C4L's list below the fold provides a more complete bullet point list.

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