Now we'll never know whose share was fair

So much lost revenue. What a shame.

For nearly two months after the city quietly reduced the threshold for speeding tickets, New Orleans raked in millions of dollars from tens of thousands of drivers who were unaware there was less margin for error as they drove through school zones.

The extra cash more than made up for the money the city was expected to lose after Cantrell decided to take down 20 traffic cameras in other parts of the city, in line with a campaign pledge when she ran for mayor.

The Advocate's analysis, which looked at publicly available data on the nearly 875,000 camera tickets issued in the last two years, shows that after media reports exposed the new rules and warned people about the policy in April, the number of speeders in school zones dropped by 28% on average.

That raises new questions about Cantrell’s claim that she lowered the thresholds to improve the safety of schoolchildren.