McIntosh County, Georgia is spending $17,000 a year replacing about 550 street signs that are repeatedly stolen. So County Commissioner Mark Douglas proposes that the county government give streets boring names to discourage this activity:
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He says signs marking Green Acres, Boone's Farm and Mary Jane Lane are frequently stolen.
He suspects the thieves are targeting those signs because they share names with a popular TV series, a low-cost wine or, in the third case, a slang term for marijuana.
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He also suspects water is wet and fire is hot.
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"Corona St." in Denver and "Jackass Hill Road" in Littleton, CO are favorite targets in my area.
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