Facing Red-Light Camera Ban, Camera Co. Pays Fake Activists $18 hr. to Hold Signs at Polls

ARLINGTON, TX – With only days remaining until Arlington voters get to decide the fate of the highly controversial red light cameras, desperation has set in for American Traffic Solutions (ATS) and their group of fake activists.

On the losing side of six other battles in Texas to keep their spy systems in place, ATS has up’d the ante by shipping in outsiders at $18 an hour to stand at the polling stations and attempt to sway voters to keep the cameras. These contractors that ATS has hired are part of a “Street Team USA” outfit created by the firm Extreme Marketing and Promotions. There were about 7-8 of these liberty deterrents spotted, wearing nice white shirts, khaki pants and snapping plenty of photos of each other while holding signs at the polling places to be in compliance to receive their pay.

Local activist and organizer Kelly Canon approached one of the paid pro-camera activists to question his reasoning in campaigning for the cameras. As a true activist does she filmed the interaction.

The white shirt and khakis sign holder was outwitted by Canon leaving him saying “why are you bullying me?”

Right after the recorded interaction, the clueless statue known only as ‘Edson’ called the cops, the police officer who showed up investigated the incident. Canon said “Suffice to say the nice policeman put the cry-baby in his place as well.” Canon and her twenty plus unpaid volunteers who all reside in Arlington, are all working on principle, and it puts a lot of importance on this ballot measure, that the only opponents are all paid by the opposition. Save Lives, Save the Cameras, a political action committee were also caught with paid sign wavers at the polls. With no way to know who is backing this group because the only obtainable address is a UPS storefront in north Arlington and the City Secretary says that the PAC didn’t report their contributions, so they don’t know who’s funding it.

Canon also stated that “It says we’re on the winning side of this issue, and that the city and camera vendors are desperate to keep their revenue stream open, their scam and revenue stream are about to come to an abrupt halt.”

Canon says that election day cant come soon enough, she and others gathered over 11,000 signatures around the city to get this issue to a vote. The State Appeals Court and Texas Supreme court denied an appeal from opponents to have this removed from being voted on.

Canon stated “It’s unconstitutional, it’s invasive, and a camera can’t prove who is driving the car.”

The Arlington tea party VP says that her group will be walking and knocking on as many doors as possible handing out flyers and asking for their support on May 9. “The whole issue sells itself,” she said. The current Mayor, Robert Cluck and Councilman Charlie Parker have always supported the red-light camera program too, because of safety and monetary benefits. It has raked-in millions of dollars for the city to pocket but on the other hand, millions of dollars of tickets are unpaid because they’re only a civil penalty. Supposedly Tarrant County doesn’t enforce these citations anyway so many of them are discarded.

If you are an Arlington resident and registered voter, find a polling place near you and cast your ballet FOR prop 1 this Saturday, May 9, to bring little bit of liberty back into your city.

Watch the WFAA report on the fake activists



Fake Sign Holder job description