Covert Ops Right Here at Home

You wouldn't know it by the weather in Joplin today, but yesterday was beautiful here. Brittany has been on spring break this week and I was off a couple of days so we decided to put Drake in the stroller and go for a walk.

As we were walking around the neighborhood I looked down and noticed that one of the man-hole covers said "City of Tulsa" and then at the bottom "Do Not Remove".

I immediately started watching and haven't found another one yet, but it appears the City of Joplin "acquired" this particular cover from the City of Tulsa.

This left me wondering, is there a covert-ops segment of the City of Joplin government? I'm guessing they load up late at night, cruise the turnpike and pick off a few man-hole covers under cover of darkness. I'm not sure what these round pieces of steel cost, but I guess stealing them is one way to save some money in a tough economy.

Come to think of it I wonder if there are any openings in Joplin's covert ops division? That's got to be a part-time gig at night, so I could probably moon-light that pretty easily, plus I've recently gotten very good at staying up all night (thanks, Drake).