This evening I decided to remove that stick that someone put on gate, which I described the other day.
After I took it off, I looked at it, thought about the problem, and figured out a solution. Why didn't the person who put the stick on fix it the right way? Better yet, why wasn't the gate mounted correctly in the first place? I don't know.
A quick trip to a hardware store later, some more tools from the garage, and I was out there removing the two little dry wall screws and installing some nice 3/8"x4" lag screws, with washers. Those will hold it :-)
I asked the tenant to call the owner and tell him that I fixed his gate.