Oil City Updates Slogan for Tourists... "We Used To Be Great!"

Mayor Blunder and city treasurer Kenedy Voldermort have signed an executive order for all Oil City welcome signs to include the phrase "We used to be great!"

"Our towns biggest boast is that we used to have a population here" Stated Voldermort. "We were the world's biggest deal before the oil dried up and everyone left. We feel that the old philosophy of 'live in the past' is bound to bring industry back to our beloved town."

This massive project will take time according to Mayor Blunder. "There are three whole signs on each side of town and unfortunately it is only in our budget to write the slogan in crayon." Mayor Blunder hopes to increase the budget with the cities 25 dollars they keep in a coffee can. "It's been missing for two years but I know I'll find it eventually. Then we can do a massive spending to upgrade those signs."

Civic improvements have been the city councils number one priority for years. Since the installation of the fountain and addition of the Christmas lights on the bridge, you can barely notice the abandoned buildings crumbling into the river.

Residents are also enthusiastic about the future of tourism in the town. "On the North side I found a plaque across the street from where the old hospital building used to be. It says Charlie Chapline started his career in Oil City!" Stated one resident. "I don't know who that is, but that must be pretty significant!"

Charlie Chapline was a famous silent film actor in the 1920s. And it's true... He did start his career in Oil City... Then moved on to Hollywood where his career could go places, but that's not the point... The point is, he used to live in a town that used to be great!

The civic improvements, the plaque on the north side, and the enthusiasm of those invested in progress says a lot about Oil Cities potential. While it is true these will amount to nothing with buildings crumbling into the river, the spirit of what made Oil City great lives on in the hearts of its enthusiasts... which amounts to about five people who have never seen time square.