Below is an article that appears in today’s Democrat and Chronicle. I want people to think about this for a second. Why should Albany tell us what our speed limits should or should have been? Shouldn’t this have been a power that was always guaranteed to the local communities?

State Senate to lower some speed limits here
JAY GALLAGHER • ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF • JUNE 16, 2008
ALBANY — The Senate is expect to pass a bill today that would allow six Monroe County towns to lower townwide speed limits in their communities from 30 miles per hour to 25.
Brighton, Greece, Ogden, Webster, Penfield and Irondequoit would be …