A city in Florida could be abolished after state auditors discovered a myriad of accountability problems that suggest its small staff might have been taking advantage of government funds and resources. According to The New York Times, one of the most glaring and noted problems bringing the city of Hampton to attention was that it had turned a small stretch of highway that it annexed back in the mid-'90s into a speed trap, using it to hand out over 12,000 tickets between just 2011 and 2012. Though it holds just a quarter mile of federal highway, the city reportedly lowered the speed limit by 10 miles per hour — down to just 55 mph — from the stretch of road around it, and was easily able to ticket scores of drivers passing through.
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