Rising Valley Problem: Copper Wire Thievery
I read an article about Mayor Phil Gordon meeting with home builders and utility companies last week to talk about copper wire theft rising in the Valley. Hubby and I do our own “newsing” by reading other cities’ and countries’ updates, so we’ve seen this coming for almost a year. What happens when the government acknowledges that this is a problem? It passes new legislation to up penalties for the thieves and for those selling copper to dealers to keep from being mystery faces. Woo.Hoo. Our taxpayer money hard at work.
Here’s the real head scratcher: anyone risking electrocution to steal a bunch of copper for maybe $20. If these thieving “geniuses” approach stealing copper wire wrong, they end up dead. Talk about swift in more ways than one.
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