Rick,

It is not the federal government trying to hijack the light, it is the local county administration. The Congressman is trying to use his position to bypass the law as written, something that happens all too often, I am sure. Too many Congressmen think they are not bound by the same laws as you and I. (Can you say "term limits"?)

Anyway, you can influence your Representative to vote against the overall measure or insist that this scurrilous addition to the bill be deleted.

Dave