They lowered the speed limit for those 500 feet of highway, set up police cruisers, and raked in the speeding fines. After a few years of this the state legislature almost dissolved the city. It was spared, but severely constrained. CNN has an article (http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/29/us/hampton-florida-corruption-survival/) on Hampton, which it calls the "most corrupt city in America" and a "city too corrupt for Florida".
As a Florida native, I am offended by that latter description. There is NO WAY a city could be too corrupt for my home state!
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