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Today's news has a story, http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2221654/, of a town contemplating corporate sponsorship of public property.

There's a potential problem with that: conflict of interest. What happens when the sponsor of the local police station, library, and high school doesn't want a certain zoning action or city development to go forward?

However, beyond that, it led me to think of the following civic arenas.

• Downy Soft Public Library
• Harrison Ford/Nissan Community College
• Northside ADT Police Department
• Mercy Dove Tylenol Albertson's General Hospital
• ATT Global Telecommunications Fire Station
• Spongebob Squarepants Eats McDonalds Elementary School
• Abercrombie and Fitch High School for the Arts