Gov. Pat Quinn has a week to decide whether to put the brakes on a bill allowing Chicago to install speed-enforcement cameras — and so far the public feedback he’s received is overwhelmingly opposed to the measure.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has spent months lobbying Quinn to sign the bill authorizing speed cameras near city schools and parks.
It turns out the public has been doing its own lobbying.
The governor has received 224 phone calls, letters or on-line communications on the bill, and more than 91 percent were against the new law, according to Quinn’s office.
There are two things I love about this article:
- “The public” loves laws that it thinks will only apply to other people. For more on this, check out P.J. O’Rourke’s Parliament of Whores.
- Note how little it takes to lobby a politician - 204 phone calls, emails and/or “on-line communications” constitutes a public outcry.
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