RMT kiss Redlight Camera Goodbye.

I read that the city was doing away with the camera, but the paper didn't really report why, however Over at Goldiron does tell you why:

This excitement ended in 2007 when the state supreme court upheld a ruling that found Article IX, Section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution applied to red light camera tickets. The provision states that “the clear proceeds of all penalties… shall be… used exclusively for maintaining free public schools” (read final opinion). This meant that local governments had to turn over photo ticketing revenue to the schools and not the general municipal operating budget. Any city wishing to continue its photo ticketing program would have to pay for it.

In addition to Rocky Mount, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greenville, Greensboro, High Point and Raleigh shut down their red light camera programs after the court ruling.