Last week, a vandal fired a shot into the water tower in Kingsland, Ark., that bears a silhouette of music icon Johnny Cash, who was born there in 1932. The well-aimed shot landed right between the legs, making it appear that Cash is urinating on the town. Mayor Luke Neal says because the water was safe to drink, the best option was to keep it pumping to Kingsland’s 866 residents until they could get someone to fix the damage, which took nearly a week. “So, we just let him flow, man,” Neal said. The repair will cost the small town about $5,000, which is “a nice chunk of change” out of its budget, he said. A 38-year-old man faces charges and fines in connection with the incident. Neal told The Washington Post that he gets the humor in the situation but noted that it’s still wrong to vandalize a town’s water source. “You do things to be funny, but sometimes you got to pay the price for that.”
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