The Arizona Guardian dug up footage of congressional candidate and state Sen. Frank Antenori rolling through a red light in Scottsdale in January. Antenori, who is seeking to complete Gabrielle Giffords’ congressional term and is running in the new Congressional District 2 in the fall, has been dealing with stories about his driving habits and an angry exchange with a police officer who opposed his bill that would change the rules for issuing tickets for running red lights.

Dennis Welch of the Guardian reports:


Antenori was fined $258 for failing to stop at the light, according to a copy of the traffic ticket. Still photographs attached to the citation show Antenori driving with his signature blue-tooth ear-pierce in place. The photos also show an Antenori campaign bumper sticker above his license plate.

The video also shows that he never stopped and drove through the intersection at 19 mph at 11:31 p.m. When asked Wednesday whether he was being reckless, Antenori said, “I don’t think so.”

“It was late at night and I came out of the store on the corner and I ran the red light,” Antenori said. “This is unreal. Clearly I wasn’t paying attention.”

This article appears in Mar 15-21, 2012.

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11 replies on “Stopping At Red Lights Is For Liberals”

  1. Why am I not surprised he has a lifted-gas-guzzling truck and is driving on the white line of the bike lane?

    Would be curious to find out if he was on his cell phone. I’m thinking it’s likely.

  2. I’m a conservative and I stop for red lights. Moreover, I avoid talking on my cell phone while driving. Way to generalize, idiots.

  3. Antenori is abusing his power as a legislator.
    He knows that his legislative immunity prevents him from being arrested.
    Yeah… He’s ready for congress.

  4. I’m not a fan of Antenori overall, but at least he has the sense to sponsor HB 2557, which would redefine intersections–red light camera intersections in particular–the way they should have been defined all along.

  5. Wow, I sure hope when YOU get a ticket -theres footage available for the media.. and WHY is that?? Oh thats right because the rules are different for YOU Democrats.. eh, Mr. Clinton?

  6. GuiseppeKnows: Feel free to make a public records request on any Democratic lawmaker who gets caught on camera committing a crime. We certainly will.

  7. Great bit of investigative journalism! One question. Where was all this journalistic skill during the 2008 campaign? So many secrets and questions about the unvetted ones past, such a mystery, everyone loves a mystery right? Finding out the truth is all the fun!?!?

  8. Why no big story on Sitton’s DUI that he’s currently appealing?? Or Jesse’s numerous speeding tickets?? Shouldn’t everyone get equal media coverage??

  10. shorter defunct_spark: Waaa! I still can’t accept the fact that Obama got elected in 2008 so I’m going to continue to childishly whine and pout and stamp my feet for the rest of his term…

  11. If you break a law that you didn’t like in the first place, become a State Senator, sponsor a bill and get the law changed to suit yourself. That way, if you continue to run red lights, you just sponsor another bill. See? Easy-peasy.

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