MONROE — Backers of two anti-traffic camera initiatives in Monroe are raising money for a lawyer after the city filed a lawsuit against them.
They are trying to raise $5,000 to hire the same lawyer who worked a similar case in Mukilteo, activist Ty Balascio said.
“This is the first initiative in Monroe’s city history to qualify for the ballot — we must defend it or else it will be the last,” he said.
For more information about their legal efforts, go to www.seedsofliberty.org.
Monroe City Council is expected to vote on advisory ballots on the cameras Tuesday night. Meanwhile, city officials are asking for a judge’s opinion on whether Monroe Initiative No. 1 is valid.
The initiative seeks to remove enforcement cameras that already have been installed, to reduce fines levied from camera-generated tickets, and to require voter approval before any more enforcement cameras can be installed.
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