So long, and thanks for all the pork

Apologies to those who have commented on this site recently. Unfortunately it does appear as though a letter in the mail is now considered “good enough for government work” when it comes to sending you a ticket in the mail. You can thank Bicycle Colorado, the private for profit scamera vendors that fund them, and their minions under the gold top, like that loon Meg Froelich, who is just a fountain of legislative bad ideas and nonsense.

I started this site almost a decade ago, unhappy with where our leaders were taking photo enforcement and surveillance. I knew it was an uphill battle, and basically a battle that I was fighting on my own. In that decade I have seen the city and the state change quite a bit, and not for the best. A few years ago I made the decision to “vote with my feet” and left Denver. A few months ago I decided to cast another ballot and make the tough decision to leave the state. It was an early Christmas present to myself, and ostensibly the anti-car crowd, as there is one less voice here to oppose them.

I barely had the time an energy to maintain this site as it was, but no longer being a resident of the city, let alone the state, makes it difficult to want to put any time and effort into the site. While the anti-car crowd may have won this particular battle; cars won the war years ago. They will continue to wage their guerilla campaign against your choice of driving and do everything in their power to make it as expensive and onerous as possible for you to continue to do so. Without the requirement for the devices to be manned I fully expect to see pole mounted cameras in the coming year. While I would never suggest destruction of property, all it takes is grocery bag or a post-it note to hit them where it hurts.

To those who support photo enforcement, I extend to you the same middle finger that I have extended to countless vans. I’ll still keep one of those nice pictures of me and my middle finger they sent me on my garage wall. An homage to the fight and the good memories I have of my time here.

For those who still oppose photo enforcement, keep fighting. My current state has banned it and I hope it stays that way. If anyone is interested and taking over the site, I will gladly transfer the domain name to you, just reach out in the comments.