Posted on 07/10/2015 2:33:57 PM PDT by rey
WESTLAKE VILLAGE — Water from a public hydrant that Tom Selleck has been accused of stealing from in dry California was legally purchased, an official said.
The Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County sued the "Magnum, P.I." star, alleging that a tanker truck filled up at the hydrant and took it to Selleck's 60-acre ranch more than a dozen times in the past two years.
The district announced a tentative settlement with Selleck on Thursday.
Jay Spurgin, public works director for Thousand Oaks, said a construction company paid a fee to secure the rights to draw water from the city hydrant two years ago. About 1.4 million gallons of water were taken from the hydrant during that period.
"There was water used during that time, and it was paid for," he said.
Construction firms and contractors can obtain special meters that allow them to haul water from hydrants for large projects. Companies can draw as much water as they need or sell it to a third party as long as they pay the monthly service charge and water bill, Spurgin said.
The water meter in question was removed in June.
It's unclear if Selleck or his employees bought the water from the company or another source. A representative for Selleck didn't immediately return a request for comment on Friday.
The water district said it spent nearly $22,000 for a private detective to investigate.
District officials declined to provide details of the tentative settlement, which has to be approved by the water board next week.
California is grappling with a persistent drought, and the community where Selleck has his land is under mandatory cutbacks as high as 36 percent
On the follow up it seems it was exactly as I said. It was contracted and the contractor had a permitted meter on the hydrant. the amount in the follow up story doesn't jive with the original. They had claimed more than a dozen loads were taken. It would take hundred of loads to haul 1.4 million gallons (which seems a little high for 60 acres, that's almost 2k gal a day), if that number is to be believed. Most water trucks are 3000 gallons with some trailer units as high as 9K.
The ridiculous part is the city hired private detectives at over $20K to find out something nearly any idiot could have found by inquiring the city about it. It seems like a smear job to me. I hope his settlement is free water.
Bump.
22k dollars for nothing!......................
As far as I know, Tom Sellick is a conservative. Libs gotta lie about anyone not in their fold. Lies are all the libs have.
Glad to see that the New York Police Chief is still keeping it on the up and up.
My thoughts right away.
This country has gone into what has become worse the Salem witch trials. Against the cops, laws, marriage, immigration, Confederate battle flag etc.
I think Tom bought 12 trucks worth from the contractor but the contractor used the water and paid for it for many other loads and piped usages during the time he was building on the development that gave rise to the temporary metered service in the first place. That is the usage disparity.
So the poor guy did nothing wrong.
Wonder if that was Magnum they hired.
That's government for ya'.
[ As far as I know, Tom Sellick is a conservative. Libs gotta lie about anyone not in their fold. Lies are all the libs have. ]
Yup and Barry Obama has gone to how many California golf courses during the drought???
http://time.com/3929077/barack-obama-california-golf-drought/
Lies and deceit are the liberals stock in trade.
[ ROTFL. The water district sold the water, then hired a PI to make a case the water was stolen.
That’s government for ya’. ]
Who wants to bet the “PI” was some friend of family of someone in the local gov that was paid 22K just to walk down to the local government office to pull the permits on ONE DAY...
22,000 bucks just to get some paperwork from the country water board, that is some damned expensive paperwork of a political payoff to that so called “PI”...
I had a sneaking feeling there was more to the story.
Someone with a political agenda needs to be sued.
“I’m not really a PI, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.”
Where does Mr. Selleck go to get his name back?
Yeh that’s the rub.
Probably somebody’s brother.................
He's conservative. He doesn't have one to get back.
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