Noting that Gov. Rick has just signed a bill to crack down on scrap metal thieves, the Motor City Muckraker has done a story entitled "9 Ways Scrappers are Destroying Detroit Area."
The story is replete with photos and cites nine areas which scrappers have harmed the city.
Number one was schools.
Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker writes:
Dozens of vacant schools have been gutted by scrap metal thieves. For a few thousand dollars, scrappers can destroy a school in days, costing Detroit Public Schools and other districts millions of dollars. Some of the schools recently gutted were Southwestern High School, Jackson Intermediate, Parker Elementary-Middle School and Hutchins Intermediate.
Another area is manhole covers.
Neavling writes:
In the past two years, thousands of sewer and manhole covers have been stolen, creating hazards for unsuspecting pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. The cast iron lids, which weigh between 50 and 240 pounds, fetch scrappers between $10 and $25 at local scrap yards.
