A Florida town some say is the most corrupt in America was spared Friday after two state lawmakers dropped their bid to strip it of its charter. Hampton had been under the legislative microscope since February, when an audit revealed 31 violations, or roughly one for every 15 of Hampton's 477 residents. According to the audit, the city's police department, responsible for just a 1,200-foot stretch of highway, issued 12,698 speeding tickets between 2011 and 2012, raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. It's unclear where all that money went, but the audit found city employees charged $132,000 on an account at a BP convenience store located next to City Hall.
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