Two months from now, College Station residents will decide whether or not the city keeps it's 9 red-light cameras. Now those who want the cameras to stay, are ratcheting up the fight.

This week, some CS residents received a survey call about the cameras. That survey was commissioned by a newly formed political action committee called Keep College Station Safe.

American Traffic Solutions is the red-light camera company behind the PAC. A consultant for the group, Jessica Colon, who is working on behalf of ATS, said Keep College Station Safe is in the process of putting together a website where other locals can join the pro red-light camera efforts.

Emily Reiter, a former Texas A&M PhD candidate, and current Weight Watchers employee, is the group's treasurer.

"I think that is one of the best measures that our city can employ to keep our streets safe. They reduce collisions, it slowed down some drives and its going to work to really keep our streets safer for the future," said Reiter.

A spokesperson for ATS said the company had not contributed money to the PAC, but plans to. Colon said the PAC had not yet been billed for the phone survey.

Josh Weiss, a spokesperson for ATS, said the company had success in a similar situation last year when Washington state's red-light cameras were on the ballot. It supported a political action committee there, and the measure that would have banned the state's cameras was defeated.

According to ATS there are four municipalities across the United States where red-light cameras are on the November ballot, but College Station is the only one of those cities that is an ATS client.

The PAC's website is: www.keepcollegestationsafe.com

Jim Ash, the man who put the red-light cameras on the ballot, also has a website: www.civilviolation.com