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This is True®

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by Randy Cassingham

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Of Course, You Could Always Just Rename the Town
The joke in Big Lake, Texas, is that there is no lake. Well, once in a while there is: the 1,000-acre lake is dry, and has only had water when someone has bothered to pump some in. And mayor J.R. Dunn wants to do just that, drilling 50–100 wells to feed the lake continuously. The project would cost at least $2 million, far beyond what the town of 3,500 people can afford. A spokesman for State Sen. Troy Fraser is dubious, noting the drought gripping the state. “The state’s priorities have to be on drinking water and irrigation before recreational use,” he said. Indeed, says a local resident, “The evaporation out here is so bad, you are looking at least a million gallons a day.” But Mayor Dunn is undeterred. “We are sitting here living in a town called Big Lake and we don’t have a lake,” he whined. (AP) ...Just paint the dirt blue and be done with it.

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