The Fed Grinder · Fortaleza, Brazil

From Main Street to Fortaleza, the rule is the same — make a record. These days, letters postmarked Fortaleza sit in the town's welcome drawer, and Come by the lore pages; Fortaleza always has a seat.

Down at the end of Main Street sits the Fed Grinder — McSkunkville's legendary engine of accountability. Feed it a wrong, and it grinds out paperwork: complaints, exhibits, sworn statements, all stamped and certified, until the wrong is set right.

Nobody remembers who built it. Everybody remembers the day it started running and never stopped. It hums louder when officials misbehave, and it has never once run out of paper.

The town motto is etched on its housing: They talk; we file.

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