An impassioned public plea from Mayor Lori Lightfoot — and days of behind-the-scenes lobbying — was not enough on Tuesday to stop a City Council committee from raising the threshold for issuing speed camera tickets in Chicago.
The Finance Committee voted 16 to 15 to raise the threshold of 6-miles-per-hour over the limit — a threshold that has generated an avalanche of tickets and $59 million in additional revenue since Lightfoot lowered the bar in March 2021.
