It’s incomprehensible that the Cook County Board voted to approve a resolution that “asks” the county to avoid contracts with the State of Arizona until their famous, vile law requiring brown people to carry papers (yes, I know it does not technically say that) is repealed; yet, according to the Tribune, they approved a resolution immediately afterward approving a contract for red-light traffic cameras with American Traffic Solutions, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company!

Not that the government in the Chicago area ever makes any sense, but come on–IMMEDIATELY after???  Talk about saying something without really meaning it in order to look good.  It’s not like there aren’t any other companies that make the damned cameras.  In fact, one company is based right here in Illinois–Redspeed.  Too bad that Redspeed is not a contender.  Much like the targets of Arizona’s misguided law, poor Redspeed did not have the right identification–they are owned by a British company!

So there you have it.  A resolution meant to address anti-foreigner hysteria was urinated upon by Tony Peraica’s own anti-foreigner bias.  According to this article he actually said: “I find this abhorrent that we’re going to renounce an American company because of a foolhardy resolution.”

You gotta love Illinois.