“Nearly $100,000 in direct contributions to Maryland lawmakers from speed camera companies paid off with the state dropping a proposed reform bill. Maryland’s General Assembly adjourned for the year on Monday with balloons and confetti showering delegates. Governor Martin O’Malley (D) made the rounds, congratulating lawmakers on for a job he considered well done. Photo enforcement firms also ended the day with a celebration after their investment paid off with the defeat of all legislation that might have imposed limits or quality checks on their ticketing operations.”
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4073.asp
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