http://houstonist.com/2006/06/09/rising_prices_l.php All comments for Rising prices lead to more metal theft en-us 2009 adamnewton Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss adam@houstonist.com adam@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2006/06/09/rising_prices_l.php#comment-1648096 http://houstonist.com/2006/06/09/rising_prices_l.php#comment-1648096 Comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:18:07 -0600 <p>Wow, the times have changed. I am a scrap metal dealer owner (Rml Metals Co.) and in the past two years regulation has strengthened considerably in Harris County and now the City of Houston is adopting those tight regulations as well. Soon, we will see Texas applying many of our stringent rules throughout. There is now a special Scrap Metal Dealer task force assigned to watch over us. They visit us every once in a while now since the commodity bubble crash hit. But people are not as rampant now as they used to be, stealing everything in sight to cash in to the dealers. Nice article, just thought I could add another perspective to it.</p>