I know this comment is late, but I’m a little behind. Truth is stranger than fiction. There is a police chief in Union County PA who was cited because he gave drivers a way out of speeding tickets if they made a donation to a playground fund.
The comic is in reruns as the artist who took over the strip has decided to move on. http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/corey_pandolph_to_end_five_year_run_on_the_elderberries/
Took me a few minutes…I kept thinking about 9 and 5 being work hours…not getting the “joke” about that.