Friday, December 10

Stolen Street Signs

   1. "Universal sign theft disrupts Hawkins tributes"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1259371.htm >
   "In total, council has been forced to replace five signs at a cost of
    $250 each and Lake Macquarie Mayor Greg Piper says he has had enough"

   2. "Thief alert sign stolen"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1115888.html >
   "A sign warning drivers that thieves were in the area has been stolen"

   3. "Caution: sign thieves are at large"
      < http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=26604 >
   "Some students -- yes, even the goodie-two-shoes at Yale -- adorn their
    rooms with street signs of all shapes and sizes, which they have stolen
    from New Haven sites or hometown locales"

   4. "'High Street' sign is among most stolen"
      < http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=93190 >
   "Besides High Street, the University Street and Westward Ho Avenue signs
    are also frequently stolen"

   5. "Weed Road sign repeatedly stolen"  [expired link]
      < http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/local/2000h.htm >
   "The street signs at both ends of Weed Road have been stolen at least
    five times this summer"

   6. "Thousands of street signs stolen in Tallapoosa County"
      < http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=1316131&nav=0RdEGJIs >
   "A county list shows thousands of street signs reported missing over the
    last three years. More than 500 were recorded just since October"

   7. "Stolen signs in West Dorset"
      < http://www.dorsetcc.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=29982 >
   "Over the past three weeks up to 100 village name, speed restriction and
    warning signs have been stolen from villages and roads south of the A35"