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Guys I just discovered the town equivalent of Bashford Antiques!: This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge. (www.propublica.org)
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[–] BobThingamy@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Being an ignorant Aussie I had to google Bashford Antiques and holy shit what a wild and entertaining ride that was

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a Kiwi I still had to look it up

[–] Dave 4 points 1 year ago

Me too, but I didn't get too far through reading about it before it all came flooding back.

[–] cloventt 3 points 1 year ago

There is actually a movie about it called Mr Organ. I recommend it.

[–] liv 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't it just?! I haven't seen the movie yet but I really want to.

[–] cloventt 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is basically the plot to Nothing but Trouble.

[–] Dave 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I also read the comment on the cross-posted thread lol.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

If Trump manages to accidentally get himself elected, you can expect that most of his cities will adopt this form of government.