Lisa here…
It occurred to me that it might be useful to host a community dialog about the bicycle theft issue. I am a firm believer that to solve problems one must first thoroughly understand them. My hope is that by bringing together community members who care about this issue together we can learn about and figure out how to solve it. To this end, I set a date for the dialog for Friday, February 26th at noon in the atrium of the SLC library downtown. I sent a few emails to police officers and other public officials who I thought might be interested. After creating and printing fliers about the dialog along with a “Wanted” poster for Steel offering a $200 reward, I set off walking around SLC to spread the word and see what I could learn. Steve and I continued doing this during our next few days off. Continue reading