Chicago aldermen eye Arizona boycott

[Ed Barrow]

Source: Associated Press

Hispanic aldermen on Chicago's city council are urging the city to boycott Arizona businesses. That could lead the city to not renew traffic camera contracts with a company based in that state.

Chicago has nearly 200 red-light cameras. The city has two five-year contracts with Arizona's Redflex Traffic Systems. The deals are worth $84 million and are set to expire in 2013.

One measure introduced by the group calls on Chicago to condemn the state's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration as "racist." The other calls for the city government to boycott businesses there.

Hearings on the two items haven't yet been scheduled.

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[madrchsod]

1. those red light cameras suck and are a traffic hazard

arizonia will return to sanity by 2013....well maybe.

[blue97keet]

2. Boycott anybody who offshores production/development