Posted on 07/18/2014 3:26:01 PM PDT by grundle
(Reuters) - A Southern California couple who scaled back watering their lawn amid the state's drought received a warning from the suburb where they live that they might be fined for creating an eyesore - despite emergency statewide orders to conserve.
Michael Korte and Laura Whitney, who live near Los Angeles in Glendora, said on Thursday they received a letter from the city warning they had 60 days to green up their partially brown lawn or pay a fine ranging from $100 to $500.
"I don't think it's right for us to start pouring water into our lawn in the middle of July during a drought," said Whitney. "We're kind of in a quandary about what to do."
The letter, bearing the official symbols of Glendora and its police department, came the same week that statewide water regulators passed emergency drought restrictions for outdoor water use. Those regulations, to take effect this August, require cities to demand cutbacks in water use, and empower them to fine residents up to $500 for overwatering their lawns.
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“”We’re kind of in a quandary about what to do.”
Green paint!
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...
“”We’re kind of in a quandary about what to do.”
Green paint!
(Russian Accent) The EPA fine you for spilling paint on ground...
“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.”
In Soviet America, lawn soak you!
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.
CA. just took in how many Illegals that will use on average of 150 gallons a day! Typical Libtards!
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...
Yard painting, sort of. Very cheap to accomplish
Dig it up. Cover it with gravel and plant cactus.
Oops! I wasn't really talking about water.
Yep - a very relevant quote indeed.
The letter was also on Police letterhead. This is a slippery slope when cops with guns are involved in such trivial matters.
See a lot of that around Los Feliz.
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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