Comments on: Parking meter thieves

By: Mr. Peepers

Mr. Peepers — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:33:46 +0000

Perhaps LoJackâ„¢ a few of the newly replaced meters and bust the fools where they live and pop the stolen meters open.

Or, check local boroughs for a home that has several hundred broken meters overflowing from the curbside trash bin.

By: Scott Freeman

Scott Freeman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:33:39 +0000

fyi, yes we’re glad that new wallpaper disappeared as well.

Michael, thanks for the link to CBS 46 story. And I think Matt H. hits the nail on the head. Lost inventory? That’s $250,000 â€” of our tax money â€” the city just pissed away as “lost inventory.” Amazing.

By: fyi

fyi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:14:09 +0000

ahhh, much better!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:21:50 +0000

That’s because this story originally aired yesterday on CBS 46. If you go to the website you can watch the video and read the story that answers those questions for you. If you just take what the AJC shovels you, you might miss out on the details they thought were not important, but were included in the original report where they got their story.

http://www.cbs46.com/news/14892362/detail.html

By: fyi

fyi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:16:06 +0000

your web designer needs to work on the background. the text is impossible to read with this new wallpaper.

By: Matt H.

Matt H. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:13:08 +0000

500 stolen meters x $500 replacement cost = $250,000. A quarter of a million dollars could have gone a long way toward building a park, fire station or school building. Too bad the folks at the transportation office are just too lazy to file a police report. The general sense of apathy and lack of accountability conveyed in this story is heartbreaking.