Recently a local newspaper carried a story about theft of Columbia street signs. The headline read: “College caper grows costly.” Vandals (read: thieves) increasingly, says the report, abscond with street signs that make it difficult for emergency vehicles to find addresses. Life and death emergencies result from missing signs.
Take care in alley names, signs stolen
Thursday, July 12, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:10 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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