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A few months ago, I wrote about how several municipalities around Gwinnett were scrapping their Big Brother red-light cameras.  Apparently, LaserCraft, a company that provides the cameras as a service, has dropped the per-camera price.  As a result, Duluth will be reactivating the cameras at Pleasant Hill Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.  I came through that intersection this morning and saw a LaserCraft truck working on one of the cameras.

At least now they are giving lip service to the motivation being safety rather than revenue:

Duluth City Manager Phil McLemore said the price dropped from $3,600 per camera to $1,200 per camera.

"We're trying to break even. That's our goal," McLemore said, adding that the economic downturn's impact on the city leaves little room in the budget. "We can't afford to subsidize it and keep our employees at the same time."

Uh huh.  Who is buying that the goal is simply breaking even from the speed trap capital of Gwinnett?  If you weren't already on the look-out for Duluth's revenue enhancement efforts via traffic overenforcement, you have even more reason to do so now.