Comments to Charlotte City Council Before June 22 Red Light Camera Vote
On June 22, Sustain Charlotte's Meg Fencil delivered the following remarks during the Charlotte City Council meeting.
Good evening Mayor, Council Members, and staff.
My name is Meg Fencil. I am speaking on behalf of Sustain Charlotte. I also serve as co-chair of Charlotte's Vision Zero Task Force.
Tonight, I want to begin by remembering the people who have lost their lives on Charlotte's streets so far this year, between January 1st and June 14th.
These are not statistics. They were neighbors, family members, friends, coworkers, and loved ones.
Anthony Santos, 18.
Comfort Antwi, 16.
Amber McGee, 37.
Michael Anthony Hamilton, 62.
Lance Sotelo, 25.
Bryan Ramirez, 24.
Bernard Johnson, 65.
Anthony Enrique Stewart, 65.
Eric Neigenfind, 37.
Tavaris Demell Crouch, 48.
Sinclair Little, 35.
Deanna Moore, 30.
Marcus Carter, 49.
RJ (Reginald Jerome) Stowe, 56.
Terry Lee Clark, 43.
Julian Allen, 35.
Sophie Klippel, 23.
Donnell Devone Dixson, 49.
Nyomi Summers, 8.
Adian Lynn Garcia, 34.
William Angelo Primos, 28.
Christopher John Schea, 54.
Jonathan Michael Monetti Reis, 35.
Bobby Joe Skidmore, 39.
Carlos Jamel Michilena, 32.
Pablo Daniel Martinez De La Torre, 24.
Aaron Linwood McIntosh, 32.
Louis Anthony Chighisola, 39.
Elijah Smoot, 30.
Luis Vazquez Reyes, 33.
Keegan McKenney, 22.
Adrian Melo-Escobar, 17.
Asletty Herrera-Ramirez, 17.
Vandita Mehta, 52.
Roosevelt Davis III, 55.
Edwin Jose Flores, 54.
Frank Leon Dent, 64.
Katherine Lamberth, 38.
Angelina Naomi Chicas, 17.
Kaiden Riley Molitas, 18.
Johnie Wesley Mason IV, 53.
I’d now like to pause for a moment of silence for us all to remember these individuals. These neighbors of us all.
We urge you to implement the red light camera pilot immediately rather than waiting until 2027 as currently proposed. Because every week matters. Because every week we lose at least one more neighbor to traffic violence. And every week, someone loses someone they love.