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Maryland Senate Votes To Cover Up Speed Camera Errors

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“Earlier this year, a number of lawmakers in Maryland vowed to reform the way speed cameras were operated in the state. Officials were rocked by the revelation that more than 5 percent of photo ticket recipients in Baltimore were likely innocent with lax oversight and faulty photo radar equipment to blame for the bogus citations. On Monday, the state Senate voted 46-1 to cover up future errors.”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4059.asp

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Cyprus’ New Reality: Cash Society Without Cash

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“Cyprus’ sudden acquiescence to demands by international lenders to confiscate 40 percent or more of bank deposits over 100,000 euros ($130,000) and limit withdrawals to 100 euros per day, while keeping the banks shut, has turned much of the country overnight into a fright-filled society with many people unable to get their hands on enough cash to pay for anything except food. Credit cards weren’t being accepted because businesses believe they won’t be paid, making the instruments as worthless as the plastic of which they are made. Checks weren’t being accepted either as Cyprus has become a cash society, even if most people are cashless.”

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/26/cyprus-new-reality-cash-society-without-cash/

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Cyprus bail-out leaves ‘bitter taste’ for residents

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“Standing in front of a cash machine on a street corner in Nicosia, Andreas Christou could hardly contain his fury.  ‘My money is in there and they won’t let me take it out!’ he said, a few moments after withdrawing a paltry €100 – the maximum allowable after a draconian new capital control measure was introduced on Sunday.  The 52-year-old businessman holds an account with Laiki Bank, the hardest hit of Cyprus’s debt-laden lenders.  It will now effectively be dissolved under the terms of a deal brokered between international creditors and Nicos Anastasiades, the president of Cyprus, during marathon talks in Brussels.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9952557/Cyprus-bail-out-leaves-bitter-taste-for-residents.html

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Europe Deploys Next Generation Speed Cameras

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“Struggling European economies are investing big money in stealth speed camera technology designed to mail tickets to motorists who have no way of knowing they are being watched. Eurozone economies have been shrinking, with both France and Spain under heightened scrutiny for failure to meet deficit reduction targets set by the European Union. Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s called the situation in Spain and France ‘socially explosive’ in a statement to Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung. Both countries are now deploying the next generation of speed cameras.”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4058.asp

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Retired EPA attorney leads the opposition to ‘smart meters’ in Maryland

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“Tea partiers and Green Partiers, liberal Californians and conservative Texans have argued that the meters can cause health problems, or can be hacked, or give utilities too much information about customers’ daily lives, or can overheat and cause fires, or underdeliver on financial benefits. The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan have said in the past few years that smart-meter plans in their states do not clearly benefit consumers, given the multimillion-dollar installation costs.  BGE, which began installing smart meters last year and expects to finish in 2014, will have to ask for reimbursement of the $282 million not covered by a federal grant.”

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-03-22/business/bs-bz-jonathan-libber-smart-meters-20130317_1_maryland-smart-meter-awareness-analog-meters-jonathan-libber

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I Hate Government Street Sweepers

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I Hate Government Street Sweepers

“Years ago, before the militarization on the police state and the installment of omnipotent confiscatory governments in America’s cities, these things were ‘make work’ for the government employees and unions. In the era of No Freedom, they have become revenue centers for municipalities.  Cities where parking is scarce, like Long Beach, conduct scheming ticket sweeps because people have no where else to park, and the city adds $9M per year to the city coffers by pulling off this extortion tactic. Long Beach’s Dictatorial Staff even went so far to suggest the use of ‘automated license plate recognition technology’ on its convoy of street sweepers.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/134382.html

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Cost of New Virginia Bus Stop: $1 Million

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“A new bus stop on Columbia Pike cost more than $1 million to build, according to a county spokeswoman.  The new prototype ‘Super Stop’ at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive cost $575,000 for construction and fabrication and $440,000 for construction management and special inspections, according to Arlington County Department of Environmental Services spokeswoman Shannon Whalen McDaniel.  Of the $1 million cost, just over $200,000 was paid for by the county, with the rest coming from VDOT, Whalen McDaniel said.”

http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/18/cost-of-new-bus-stop-1-million/

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Bloomberg on NYC drone program vs. street cameras: ‘What’s the difference?’

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“New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in an interview on Friday that the city may turn to the use of a drone program for public safety monitoring. According to CBS New York, the mayor believes that the thousands of surveillance cameras already mounted all around the city are not enough, but that a program of unmanned surveillance drones would not be a significant incursion into resident’s privacy. ‘What’s the difference whether the drone is up in the air or on a building?’ the mayor asked. ‘I have trouble making the distinction.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/23/bloomberg-on-nyc-drone-program-vs-street-cameras-whats-the-difference/

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Drones: A Booming Business?

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“Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, may soon become commercialized. In Grand Forks, N.D., people are preparing for a coming boom in drones-related business.”

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/03/17/business/100000002115828/drones-a-booming-business.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130318

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New Zealand Plans Cyprus-Style Bank Confiscations

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“Is it coincidence or something more?  Globalists that are trying to create an international monetary solution often implement programs in various countries at once. The question arises as to whether Money Power itself – the banking entities and those behind them that control a good deal of the world’s wealth – have decided to ‘send a message’ about the relationship between citizens and their banks.  Cyprus and New Zealand are well down this road.  Is a message being sent to savers? Is this going to become the new normal in the West?”

http://www.thedailybell.com/28847/Now-New-Zealand-Plans-Cyprus-Style-Bank-Confiscations

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