A Fat Blue Line Protects City's Bottom Line

11 December 2002 - 8:00am

Bethany, OK, has drawn a fat blue line around its city limits to keep its residents from unknowingly visiting businesses outside city boundaries.

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"A fat blue line painted along the city limits is supposed to help this town's bottom line.The point of the 18-inch-wide stripe is to make it obvious to shoppers where Bethany ends and neighboring Oklahoma City and Warr Acres begin.The cash-strapped town, desperate for sales tax dollars, is trying to keep its residents from mistakenly driving outside the jagged city boundaries to dine, shop or get their cars fixed."

Source: Miami Herald, Dec 10, 2002