Charles L. Cotton wrote:We are going to have a State budget shortfall on the order if $18 billion, plus school funding will always be an issue. We should pass a bill that requires 100 % of all traffic fines to go to the State general fund. I know, I know, cities and counties will scream about the loss of revenue, but remember, they say they're not in the traffic enforcement business to generate money, but to save lives. So let them save lives while the State covers some of its shortfall.
Chas.
Sadly, money is the lowest common denominator for most all issues. There is a very interesting article in the recent October issue of
Texas Monthly magazine on how to eliminate the $18MM budget shortfall.
Ya'll reckon any of our governmental peole are interested in any of those suggestions or coming up with some of their own? Here's one for starters: how much does it cost the state to require front license plates?
. That said, please name one thing that is not about money - sooner or later.
This is indeed a good plan. Cemeteries all across the country are populated with folk who had the right-of-way.
It's not about safety, it's free enterprise; i.e., traffic light monitoring, trash pickup, cemetery maintenance, etc. that is the objection. 
