Baltimore -- The Greatest City in America, The City That Reads and Believes and Gets In On It -- might want to try on another civic slogan.
This one was crafted by city bail bondsman Mark J. Adams, who writes:
"A couple of years ago, the idiots who run conventions and tourism in Baltimore hired an outside firm to come up with a slogan to promote Baltimore. They spent a fortune with some out-of-town company that came up with the slogan, 'Baltimore: Get in on it.'
"I had my own slogan that they didn't quite accept.
"They dropped their slogan after a few months. We decided to revive mine on the front of a T-Shirt. On the back of the shirt, we put in a pitch for the only growing industry in Baltimore."
He attached a photo of himself in the shirt, which reads, "Baltimore. It is what it is. Deal with it."
On the back is a reference to the aforementioned growth industry. It's an ad for his company, Fair Deal Bail Bonds.