Red light cameras sued as unconstitutional
Citizens in Balcones Heights are rejoicing. Mark Cevallos filed a lawsuit against the city Balcones Heights, claiming the city violated his rights by taking his picture with a red light camera and sending him a traffic ticket.
In his words the red light cameras violates the plaintiff’s due process rights under both the Texas and United States Constitutions. “You don’t have any right to a trial, a right to confront witnesses,” Cevallos said referring to the red light camera tickets.
Former Balcones Heights Councilman Steve Walker, a lone dissenter against the installation of the cameras and voted against the ordinance in 2006 says, “From what little I know about the alleged lawsuit, it appears that Mr. Cevallos is saying exactly what I maintained back when we voted to allow the cameras.”
Go and get ‘em Cevallos.
1 comment April 24th, 2008
