Red light cameras will live on for at least nine more days in College Station after a visiting judge issued a temporary restraining order to keep the controversial devices active until a hearing November 20.
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The man who authored the red light camera petition, College Station resident Jim Maness, calls Wednesday’s proceedings “a disgrace.”
He was speaking shortly after testifying in the 85th District Court Wednesday morning.
It took visiting judge Suzanne Stovall about 10 minutes to hear from both sides and decide to grant a temporary restraining order to keep the cameras on.
Maness says city attorney Harvey Cargill did not do his job in the courtroom, saying he is “thoroughly and completely disgusted with the attorneys for the City of College Station.”
Cargill did not respond for this story.
Roger Gordon is the attorney representing the two College Station men that filed the lawsuit.
He was calm and collected during the proceedings, and maintained his composure outside the courtroom when aggressively approached by people against the red light cameras.
Gordon says to win the temporary restraining order he had to demonstrate irreparable harm.
When asked by the judge what irreparable harm would be caused if the cameras were turned off, Gordon cited the potential for damage