City council in Willis, Texas votes to ignore a certified ballot proposition seeking a vote on banning red light cameras.
Officials in Willis, Texas are doing everything they can to prevent residents from having a say in whether red light cameras are used in their community. The city council voted Tuesday to block a proposed charter amendment submitted by residents who had collected more than six times the number of signatures legally required to force the matter onto the ballot. The city’s attorney offered a rationale to keep the cameras running.
“I’ve looked at the petition,” Larry L. Foerster told the council. “I’ve also looked at federal and state court decisions here in our area relating to this charter amendment. In my opinion, having reviewed all those things — in particular a federal court decision that is the southern district of Texas, which our city is in. I believe that the petition as it’s written and presented is not valid.”
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