Did you hear? Jenna Bush Hager had someone break into her garage and steal $3,500 worth of mountain bikes. Yeah, $3,500 worth of bikes.  What? How many bikes is that equal to? At least 10, right? I mean, $3,500 divided by 10 bikes is about $350 per bike–a perfectly reasonable price to pay for a good quality bike.

WRONG.  That $3,500 price tag is for TWO bikes. Two. One for her, one for hubby. It’s not so much that the price of the bikes is the issue.  I mean, yes, two bikes for the Bush-Hager family could be the GDP for a small 3rd world county.  It’s more money than most people can afford to spend on a car. The issue at hand is the response of the city to a theft from a sub-par personality, who, as I recall, had quite a reputation for being a little drinky-drinky.

According to Peter Hermann at the  BaltSun, not only did a police officer show up to file a report, but crime scene people showed up to dust for prints, a whole heck of alot of high ranking police were involved, the Secret Service was called, and *audible gasp here* the Regional Auto Theft Taskforce was notified. For two overpriced mountain bikes.  Really? THIS is what our city resources are being used for?

Hey Baltimore Police..Did you happen to hear about the 10 shootings that happened over the weekend? Ten people were shot, and yet, the theft of two bikes makes headlines and ties up valuable police resources. Whats up with that?

Of course, the Bush-Hagers had better be glad that the city-wide bottle tax passed. After all, if not for that extra $0.02 cents, there wouldn’t be any police around to be called the next time.

Tags: alcoholism, Jenna Hager Bush, Please go away!, stupidly expensive bikes, Why do you live in Baltimore?

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