Mayor's 'Children's Fund' from speed camera fines doesn't exist

[Brandon]

Mayor's 'Children's Fund' from speed camera fines doesn't exist

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pitching the $70 million he expects to collect from speed camera tickets next year as a way to help children – spending the windfall on a mix of after-school programs, early childhood education, summer jobs, violence reduction, crossing guards, police outside schools and other efforts.

There is no children's fund in the proposed city budget. Instead, the money from speed camera fines will go straight into the city's $3.3 billion general fund to spend as the mayor and City Council see fit. Talking about helping children is more politically palatable than discussing the revenue from speed cameras that drivers are starting to pay.

[sipes23]

Color me surprised. Not.

[hotdogPi]

Does this mean he will go to jail for this?

[Brandon]

Does this mean he will go to jail for this?

A mayor, in Chicago, surely you must be joking.

[hotdogPi]

Does this mean he will go to jail for this?

A mayor, in Chicago, surely you must be joking.

Anyone can be put in jail. Mayors aren't exempt. And don't call me Shirley.

[JREwing78]

Pretty sure Rob Ford will see prison long before Rahm Emanuel will.