The Sunday, November 1, 2009 edition of the Daily Herald featured an article highlighting the red light camera company Redspeed.  This company not only provides the red light cameras for much of the Chicagoland area it also lobbies for legislation to increase their business. Redspeed uses email updates targeting specific legislators who are not voting in favor of Redspeed.

Senator Duffy was featured in the article:

Duffy said the e-mails are a cynical attempt to influence lawmakers to ignore voters.

"When some legislators were having concerns about voting for the bill due to constituent opposition to the cameras, Redspeed encouraged local officials to call to persuade those legislators to ignore their constituents' concerns and vote in favor of Redspeed," Duffy said.

RedSpeed credits its lobbyists, who include former elected officials, for its legislative successes. But it recognized the opposition was fierce and blamed voters in an April update.

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