Mayors Request Veto

As a follow up to our story on Wednesday about the speeding ticket revenue debate, here's an article by Jason Brown of The Advocate detailing the request from area mayors to Governor Jindal to veto the bill. The Town of Washington Mayor Joseph Pitre says that approximately 45% of his whole town's budget is from the $700,000-$800,000 worth of annual speeding tickets they write, but despite their pleas, the Governor is expected to sign it. At a conservative guess of $150 fine per ticket that's about 5000 speeding tickets per year or 400 or so per month they are writing...so, wow, you better slow down in Washington!