Friday, December 10, 2004

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"