December 30, 2013 | The Detroit News
A resident who lives in an historic Detroit neighborhood gave me a hand-written letter at a community meeting that read: “Rashida—I forgot to ask you about a problem we’ve had with scrappers taking our sewer drain covers. We called a local junk yard and the owner said they put a full truck on a scale and pay by weight. It’s only after the load is dumped that they realize there is city property. Any suggestions?” My next question to the scrap yard employee would have been, “Did you call the police and turn in the sewer covers?” [...]