URGENT: Emails Needed to the Transportation Committee!
February 13th, 2010 | Author: admin
Your emails are urgently needed to the members of the Senate Transportation Committee.
Please send an email (or separate ones, if you’d like) to the 11 senators on the committee. You can just copy and paste this list into your email program:
msandoval@senatedem.ilga.gov
johnjmillner@aol.com
info@michaelbond31.com
senatorrisinger@yahoo.com
senatordahl38@yahoo.com
thutchinson@senatedem.ilga.gov
senatorajwilhelmi@sbcglobal.net
senatorkoehler@grics.net
senjohn@adams.net
senatorbomke@yahoo.com
senatorforby@yahoo.com
If you would also like to call these Transportation Committee senators, here are their numbers – use the Springfield (217) number, since they will be in their offices on Tuesday:
| msandoval@senatedem.ilga.gov | Martin A. Sandoval | (217) 782-5304 | (708) 656-2002 |
| info@michaelbond31.com | Michael Bond | (217) 782-7353 | (847) 752-7004 |
| senatorforby@yahoo.com | Gary Forby | (217) 782-5509 | (618) 439-2504 |
| thutchinson@senatedem.ilga.gov | Toi W. Hutchinson | (217) 782-7419 | (708) 756-0882 |
| senatorkoehler@grics.net | David Koehler | (217) 782-8250 | (309) 346-4646 |
| senjohn@adams.net | John M. Sullivan | (217) 782-2479 | (217) 222-2295 |
| senatorajwilhelmi@sbcglobal.net | A. J. Wilhelmi | (217) 782-8800 | (815) 207-4445 |
| senatorbomke@yahoo.com | Larry K. Bomke | (217) 782-0228 | (217) 782-0228 |
| senatordahl38@yahoo.com | Gary G. Dahl | (217) 782-3840 | (815) 220-8720 |
| johnjmillner@aol.com | John J. Millner | (217) 782-8192 | (630) 351-9340 |
| senatorrisinger@yahoo.com | Dale E. Risinger | (217) 782-1942 | (309) 693-4921 |
Here is sample text for your subject line and email message. Make sure to put your name at the bottom:
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Subject: SUPPORT SB2466 – Repeal Red Light Cameras
I strongly support Senator Duffy’s bill, SB2466 – Repeal of all Red Light Cameras. Ohio and Minnesota have already repealed these cameras and Illinois must do the same. These cameras have proven to be all about REVENUE and not about safety. Since the cameras have been installed, studies have shown that accidents have actually INCREASED in the intersections where cameras are located.
Over 90% of tickets issued by these cameras are from turning Right on Red. If that is a problem in certain intersections, shouldn’t towns first install “No Turn On Red” signs at troubled intersections?
Corruption is a serious problem in Illinois and these cameras are making a bad situation worse. Elected officials (legislators, mayors, village administrators) are making deals with camera companies without consulting their constituents. Politicians are receiving large campaign contributions, towns / villages are receiving piles of cash from these cameras AND camera companies are receiving 30-50% of every ticket issued! That is a clear “conflict of interest”. Camera companies are making millions of dollars a month from hard working Illinois citizens.
We all are innocent until proven guilty. However these automatic tickets make us guilty until we prove we are innocent. For a $100 ticket citizens must pay over a thousand dollars to hire a lawyer, take time off work and go fight a camera. There is also NO uniformity in the law as to how these tickets are issued. Every town sets their own criteria regarding “how” and “when” red light tickets are issued. That “inconsistency” from town to town is a violation of Illinois state law.
Please join me in SUPPORTING SB2466. I will be watching to see how you vote.
Thank You.
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