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Saturday, January 26, 2008

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Louisiana: City Hearing Officer Caught on Tape Laughing at Motorists

A Lafayette, Louisiana city official is caught on tape laughing at motorists with an independent adjudicator. Audio clip at bottom of story.

Tramel and employeeA Lafayette, Louisiana city official was caught on tape last week laughing at motorists behind closed doors with an independent hearing officer and a representative from a speed camera vendor. The conversation followed an adjudicatory hearing where Mark and Phil Abshire successfully beat a pair of photo radar tickets by showing the city cited the wrong ordinance on the citations issued. (View story and video of the hearing) Lafayette City Traffic and Transportation Director Tony Tramel joined independent adjudicator Fred Davis and an unidentified employee, likely of Redflex, in discussing the twins' case.

Listen to an MP3 recording of the tape (2.4mb download). A written transcript appears below.

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