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Opening Arguments

Vermillion fries

Come to our fish fry on Friday night. THE CHEMICAL DEPOT HAS BEEN BOMBED! All you can eat for $6.50 a person. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! Children under 12 half-price. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! Thanks for your support.

Only in Indiana:

Homeland Security dollars bought the message signs, but Vermillion County officials used them to promote fish fries.
A warning to stop the practice or risk losing federal money has put the signs in storage and left the president of the County Commissioners grousing about interference in local rule.
"We run the county," Commissioner Tim Wilson said. "We make decisions to run the county on what's best for us. Did we misuse (the signs)? Or did we just run the county as we saw fit?"
Yeah, you run the county. But that was partly my money you used to promote your fish fry with $300,000 worth of signs.
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