And this is just one example in a City that leases thousands of cars. Makes you wonder, not for the first time, just how far it would go towards balancing the budget if we just got rid of all the theft and waste in the City's spending.

Also shows why it's hard to sell a City employee on further wage cuts when money is wasted by paying 600 bucks a month to lease a Dodge Intrepid [[600 bucks a month? In 2003 dollars) and pay an extra 10 grand in mileage.