Following ex-Oakbrook Terrace Mayor Anthony Ragucci’s indictment, activists call for end of red-light camera program

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Following ex-Oakbrook Terrace Mayor Anthony Ragucci’s indictment, activists call for end of red-light camera program
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In front of red light cameras at an Oak Brook Terrace intersection, Raul Montes Jr. and Frank Coconate, both longtime opponents of red light and speed cameras, argued the city, the county, the state and every community that uses the cameras should get rid of them, or at least pause all camera programs for the time being.

Community activists Raul Montes Jr., left and Frank Coconate, right, speak about the red-light camera scandal at the corner of 22nd Street and Route 83 in Oak Brook, Ill. on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

On Wednesday, Raul Montes Jr. and Frank Coconate, both longtime opponents of red light and speed cameras, argued the city, the county, the state and every community that uses the cameras should get rid of them, or at least pause all camera programs for the time being. The intersection, though busy, is relatively safe and was not then a cause for accidents. Indeed, the Illinois Department of Transportation — the final authority in whether or not to allow the cameras along a state highway — initially rejected the plan because, they said, the intersection was too safe. However, IDOT changed its tune and overruled local objection, allowing the cameras to fine motorists.

These haven’t been the only officials tied up in bribery stings associated with SafeSpeed. Former Crestwood Mayor Lou Presta admitted to taking a cash-stuffed envelope from a SafeSpeed representative and he faces years in prison.

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