State hoarding money earmarked for hospitals
01:19 AM CDT on Thursday, November 1, 2007 By Lee McGuire / 11 News

Lee McGuire tries to find where all the money went. So many people run red lights in Houston that every day; red light cameras issue $14,000 worth of citations. It’s so lucrative, that this fall the state legislature got involved: ordering that half the money collected be sent to the state.
The dollars then would be sent on to hospitals that run overcrowded trauma centers.
In September, Houston's red-light tickets added up to $208,000 for the state. But 11News has learned, our hospitals aren't in line to see any of it. The Texas Hospital Association says somewhere along the line, lawmakers neglected to put anything about sending red-light money to hospitals in the budget.

Surprise! Surprise! It's not about safety....it's about the money.