Google to Topeka: Please Stop, This is Embarrassing
Oh no you didn't, Topeka. According to the San Francisco Business Times, in a bid to lure Google and its ultrafast fiber-optic network to its fine city, Topeka, Kansas has renamed itself Google, Kansas for the month of March. According to the paper: William Bunten, Topeka’s mayor, signed a proclamation to that effect on Monday -- his signature was right below “Google, Kansas -- the capital city of fiber optics” but also beside the embossed seal that still reads “The capital city of Kansas: Topeka.” The story goes on to point out that Hot Springs, New Mexico, tried a similar stunt decades ago, changing its name to Truth or Consequences after the popular '50s radio quiz show. Unfortunately, in
2 March 2010•1 min read
