 should the michigan legislature pass a bill to allow the use of speed cameras near schools and colleges  yes no undecided speed cameras thank you rick jones for this piece of bs legislation like this is why i will never vote for you you are just like a tax and spend liberal how much money did the vendor have to donate for you to sponsor this  speed cameras i cannot believe what has happened to the republican party i guess it is time for us to start a new conservative party because the republicans have become too much like the demorats ida s senator jones is not in favor of the speed cameras  the following is from michigan capitol confidential and clarifies senator jones position on the bills that were introduced sen virgil smith ddetroit introduced senate bill 1063 on sept 16 and managed to get just one cosponsor sen rick jones rgrand ledge sen jones who strongly opposed the red light camera legislation told capitol confidential that he signed on as cosponsor of senate bill 1063 based on how it was verbally described to him by senator smith this bill was described to me as being limited to allowing the cameras at school crossings he said you know the kind that have the yellow caution lights and only during school hours also i was told it would include a threecounty pilot program to test it out i signed on to this bill because it was presented to me as something to protect the safety of children sen jones continued but if there is anything in this bill that expands on what was described to me and the bill was brought up on the senate floor i would standup and have my name removed as a cosponsor and oppose the bill i can say however that that will never happen i know that won t happen because i have checked and this bill is not going to come up it is not going to move in point of fact the legislation is very different from what sen jones said sen smith described to him tell the truth this is not about safety it is about raising revenue more back door taxation  