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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:55 AM Mar 2017

South Florida Town: Stop Photoshopping Our Logo or We'll Sue You


Courtesy of Tamarac Talk

Tamarac, a sprawling South Florida suburb, is not all that special. For starters, the city's name doesn't come from a special natural wonder like a lake or, as it was long rumored, a nearby Native American tribe. No, the city was simply named for a local car wash called Caramat. "Tamarac" is just "Caramat" spelled backward. Caramat's owner, Ken Behring, founded the city.

So what's there to do for fun when running a pointless, oddly shaped Florida town that doesn't contain any beach or ocean? How about wasting taxpayer money on frivolous legal letters to small, independent bloggers who make fun of you?

Last month, independent blogger (and human limerick) Sharon Aron Baron, who runs the blog Tamarac Talk, wrote a short post encouraging Tamarac residents to run for mayor in 2018. The post, titled "It's Good to Be the King When You're the Mayor of Tamarac," detailed various ways in which Baron thought Mayor Harry Dressler may or may not have been doing a poor job as the city's leader. The post included a photo of the city's unremarkable logo with Burger King's King mascot superimposed.

That image apparently enraged someone at the city so deeply that the city's attorney, Julie F. Klahr, got involved, sending Baron a cease-and-desist letter demanding that she stop making fun of the city's precious logo.

Read more: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/south-florida-town-stop-photoshopping-our-logo-or-well-sue-you-9176390
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South Florida Town: Stop Photoshopping Our Logo or We'll Sue You (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
I live in Tamarac... Callmecrazy Mar 2017 #1
Well in that case, TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #2

TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
2. Well in that case,
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 07:24 AM
Mar 2017

I'm glad that I could post a local story that you could relate to. It's too bad about your mayor--the last thing anybody needs is a Trump mini-me.

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