Comments on: Red light cams: If you’re not in the pic, it’s not legit

By: Anwar

Anwar — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:22:46 +0000

Why are Hayward citizens being filmed? Is stopping a few red lights worth the risk of having us practically under traffic surveillance?

By: qodrn

qodrn — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:26:17 +0000

While waiting for son at school, had the experience of listening to the Mt. Eden high school marching band. While I really don’t like marching music, they sounded really good and mostly all stopped together which is not that easy to do when you are marching with a tuba. Low, the geese came home for the day. Geese went to home field. HOnk! Angry geese converge on baseball field and cover it. The geese rule!

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:36:35 +0000

I saw the ferris wheel last night and it is way cool.

By: qodrn

qodrn — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:55:42 +0000

If they don’t leave tomorrow, everyone should take a few minutes to watch the ferris wheel at the carnival at Southland. Way cool.

By: qodrn

qodrn — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:38:05 +0000

Thanks Eric.

About the geese, they started paying in July.

By: Fred Sandsmark

Fred Sandsmark — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:34:46 +0000

Thanks for the info – and for the laugh, with the photo and caption.

By: Eric Kurhi

Eric Kurhi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:54:49 +0000

Qodrn -- after the $59K RedFlex fee and paying staff (and a little bit for electricity) the city currently takes in about $10K a month via the camera program. In a nutshell, gross revenue of the program is $95K, expenses are $85K. Details in the staff report, here.

By: The Silent Observer

The Silent Observer — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:56:36 +0000

The geese are a problem about 3 months of the year (autumn), so I’m sure the district isn’t paying $1200.00 every month. They really are a nuisance at the schools.

By: qodrn

qodrn — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:17:21 +0000

Are you telling me that a city that has no money is losing almost 50,000 a month on these silly cameras?

This is almost as bad as the almost 1200 bucks a month the school district spends on the geese!