Celine Let them touch those things for once
Posted on 12/05/2007 8:43:44 AM PST by sulu
Thieves have disabled about 700 streetlights in Los Angeles, making off with 370,000 feet of valuable copper wiring over the last four months.
L.A. officials said it is a twist on copper thefts that have plagued new home sites and even some office buildings in the last few years.
With some lights pilfered during the summer still out, city officials Tuesday expressed concerns about the safety of passing drivers, pedestrians and bikers. The Los Angeles Public Works Department has already spent nearly $1 million repairing the lights.
"When we have to go out and replace that wire, it takes away from other city services," said Public Works Commissioner Cynthia Ruiz at a news conference on a downtown street corner near samples of copper streetlight wire. "If I had an extra million dollars I could put 10 graffiti crews on the streets."
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BTTT
Stealing copper wire..stealing electrical power.
All Third World enviroment. Brought to you by politicians that won’t stop the flood.
It is time to vote them out..
This is Bush’s fault. And a quagmire. We’re in the middle of a civil war in Los Angeles that we have no business being in.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
My sister-in-law and her husband recently moved to New Orleans to help rebuild (he is a contractor). They are rennovating a house they just bought down there and copper theft is HUGE! I don’t think they have had anything stolen yet, but new builds are always getting hit by copper theft.
Celebrate Diversity.
This is just a way to express cultural heritage.
COPPER!!!???!! definately third world....hell, here in detroit they are stealing catalitic converters and ripping the platinum out to sell......
Same thing is happening around here, stripping street lights, bridge guard rails and other installations where metal can be quickly stolen and then resold as scrap. They are also stealing outside AC units and pool heaters. It’s the third worlders way of earning money.
My way would be to show them the door.
this has been going on since the lights were put up. at least in NYC where i live. good source of income for the homeless people. they just figured it out now in LA?
I was reading a Theordore Dalrymple column the other night about how in England thieves are making off with brass door knockers and stealing roofs from churches, schools and even courthouses. Metal thievery is big and Dalrymple puts the blame for metal prices on China’s voracious need in its industrialization efforts.
—it’s dependent on the price. The night man landed on the moon, I fired a guy at the Climax mine in Colorado for cutting up copper and putting it in his lunchpail, to steal and sell-—
--that is known as a "market"--
Amateurs loot civilization at night with wirecutters.
Professionals loot civilization in a courtroom in broad daylight, and some of them use the proceeds to run for President.
My car has headlights that work just perfect.
In addition, anyone notice that all these major cities are lit up like Vegas, yet they have the most crime? In fact, the bigger the city, the more light, the more crime.
Get rid of the street lights.
Yes, I meant that. The brain isn’t totally in gear yet this morning. How loose is the scrap metal business?
The government counts that as employment and adds that data now in their jobs report. /s
I’m guessing you mean July ‘69. After all, man landed on the moon a half-dozen times. ;)
Anyhoo - whatever happened to the Climax mine? Is it open today? Since copper prices are up, or were up anyway, does this mean Arizonas’ Bingham and Montanas Butte mines are profitable again? It just seems silly that with all the US resources they sit idle.
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