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California couple conserving water amid drought could face fine for brown lawn
yahoo.com/Reuters ^
| July 17, 2014
| Jennifer Chaussee
Posted on 07/18/2014 3:26:01 PM PDT by grundle
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:26:01 PM PDT
by
grundle
To: grundle
“”We’re kind of in a quandary about what to do.”
Green paint!
To: grundle
In Soviet USA you get fined for using too much water and fined for having brown lawn, next year you move to apartment... Where you get fined to flying american flag... Then you move to Van down by the river and get fined for parking on a wet land... Pretty soon you get fined for living in carboard box that is not made out of recycled carboard...
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:29:47 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Were kind of in a quandary about what to do.
Green paint!
(Russian Accent) The EPA fine you for spilling paint on ground...
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:30:38 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: grundle
A quote from "Atlas Shrugged" seems appropriate here:
Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:31:32 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: GraceG
In Soviet America, lawn soak you!
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:31:45 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: grundle
"We're kind of in a quandary about what to do."
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:34:50 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: grundle
Oh they did the same thing to us in Basic Training. One Sergeant would tell us to do something and then another would tell us to do the opposite. The first would come back and punish us for not doing what he told us to do. We eventually came out of it as trained killers, so no worry.
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:36:57 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: grundle
State statutes supersede local statutes unless the state statutes specifically say otherwise.
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:39:50 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Starstruck
CA. just took in how many Illegals that will use on average of 150 gallons a day! Typical Libtards!
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:40:13 PM PDT
by
DocJhn
To: grundle
Station a couple of code enforcement types down the street. As soon as he goes to water the lawn, hit him with another water fine. Then increase his water rates...
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:47:11 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Drew68
HAha, here's what carpet on the lawn looks like
Yard painting, sort of. Very cheap to accomplish
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:51:13 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: grundle
Dig it up. Cover it with gravel and plant cactus.
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:52:56 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If you do not read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read the newspapers you are misinfo)
To: DocJhn
CA. just took in how many Illegals that will use on average of 150 gallons a day! Typical Libtards!Oops! I wasn't really talking about water.
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posted on
07/18/2014 3:54:28 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: GraceG
Van down by the river
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posted on
07/18/2014 4:01:24 PM PDT
by
grundle
To: T-Bird45
Yep - a very relevant quote indeed.
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posted on
07/18/2014 4:02:12 PM PDT
by
grundle
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
The letter was also on Police letterhead. This is a slippery slope when cops with guns are involved in such trivial matters.
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posted on
07/18/2014 4:37:35 PM PDT
by
stillfree?
(Rome is Burning)
To: SkyDancer
See a lot of that around Los Feliz.
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posted on
07/18/2014 4:46:43 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: All
I have lived in So Cal. It prob will not rain till Nov there so Brown will be Brown! They may be lucky if it’s not just dirt by DEC!
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posted on
07/18/2014 4:57:14 PM PDT
by
DocJhn
To: grundle
I owned a condo in San Diego from 1978 to 1983. The homeowner's association was already making plans for low water landscaping at that point in time. Some years later, the Mormon temple landscaping was redesigned to eliminate the nice fountains on the property...again, to get ahead of the expected water problems. An article published today cites 80% of CA as being in an extreme drought. My landlord is feverishly remodeling and preparing to sell the place where I rent a room. When that occurs, I'll return to Idaho. My landlord is planning to purchase in Idaho as well. The water problems are going to get worse.
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posted on
07/18/2014 5:44:41 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
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