SHERIDAN, Colo. – Paul Houston is back.

Just weeks after getting his 500 plus signatures rejected by Sheridan’s clerk because he ripped the staple off before re-stapling, he is back on the streets collecting signatures.

“We are not bitter about it, all it did was delay the inevitable,” Houston said with a smile.

Houston was again walking the streets Friday and expects to have enough signatures collected within the next couple months.

“We are being extra careful,  we are making sure we dot every ‘I’ and we cross every ‘T,’” Houston said.

Houston contends he is against the photo radar vans and the red light cameras because they do not impact traffic safety but rather serve as a “money grab” for the city.

Sheridan has collected $1.9 million in revenue from the cameras over the last several years.

Why does Houston oppose the usage of red light cameras?

“There are about five reasons and the most important one is, it doesn’t work,” Houston said.

But Sheridan City Manager Deven Granbery says the cameras are working.

“The biggest impact we’ve seen is traffic has slowed down in our school zones,” Granbery said.

“It is, in my opinion, not a revenue grab. We do generate revenue but we use that revenue to pay for our public safety needs,” Granbery added.

Houston must have his signatures in by March. If he is successful, a special election on the issue could be scheduled for the spring.