The City Council’s Finance Committee voted 16-15 to advance the proposal despite strong pushback from Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Six of those votes came from members of the City Council chosen by Lightfoot to serve as committee chairs and president pro tem.
An effort to roll back a law hitting drivers who zip past Chicago parks and schools monitored by speed cameras traveling between 6 mph and 9 mph above the limit with $35 tickets advanced Tuesday over the objection of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee voted 16-15 late Tuesday to advance the proposal from Ald.
“I will not let City Council jeopardize public safety,” Lightfoot said, listing all of the alderpeople who voted to endorse the rollback. “Residents need to remember these names.” Allies of the mayor could use a parliamentary procedure to delay an up-or-down vote until July, giving her more time to marshal opposition to the plan.
The vote came hours after Lightfoot issued a rare public statement urging the measure’s defeat, calling it “dangerous” and “unconscionable.” The fact that the mayor’s plea was not enough to prevent its passage is another indication that her relationships with even her close allies on the City Council are tenuous.
Lightfoot said that revenue was needed to fund vital programs, including the Chicago Police Department and afterschool programs for children and teens, while at the same time giving lead-footed drivers a financial incentive to slow down. However, Biagi acknowledged that study does not isolate changes in crash data attributable to Lightfoot’s decision to begin ticketing drivers traveling 6 mph over the limit near parks and schools with a speed camera.
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