Posted on 10/03/2007 6:45:26 AM PDT by racing fan
FAIRFAX, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 (KGO) - For all the big debates about the environment and global warming, there are small ones, as well. Consider the town of Fairfax in Marin County. Residents are looking hard at a proposal some say violates a basic right -- to wash your car in your front yard.
It is the kind of environmental debate you're likely to find only in a mostly affluent community.
One resident asks, "do you save the fish or wash your car?"
It's the debate du jour in Marin County's Fairfax. There's a town council proposal to ban residents from washing their cars in front of their houses, for fear of what the runoff may do to fish in their creeks, and downstream in the ocean.
"I think that the spirit of the ordinance is a good one," says Lew Tremaine with the Fairfax town council.
"Well we have a strategic plan that has been intended to make sure that we go green as fast as we can on a lot of levels. This is just another one of those levels," says Vice Mayor Mary-Ann Maggiore.
Fairfax has already banned pesticides, styrofoam and plastic bags. This ordinance would empower police to write tickets in extreme cases.
"They would probably just issue them a warning and that would be an opportunity to educate the person," says Lindy Kelly, town manager.
In reality, most parties expect some kind of compromise like biodegradable soaps, for instance. However, those would not spare the environment from all the all other stuff soap would remove, and the nearest full-service car wash is three miles down the road in San Rafael.
A car wash is a closed system. All the soap, all the grime, goes into a drain and then it's reused.
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So wash your car in the back yard. ;o)
Just tell them it’s a large foot bath used for washing feet. Then it’s okay.
BTTT!
I would say someone on the city council owns interest in a car wash or two also, plus just the sheer stupidity of liberals. Is there no one in FairFax to refute these jerks? I know, it is in CA, but I live in CA and the small area I live in, there is no way they would get away with this except during extreme drought and then only for the duration.
When I was growing up, this was called "Weather".
I suppose it's good for stupid people to have a catch-all. Saves them from thinking too much.
People hate freedom and demand tyranny.
When car washing at your home is banned, only criminals will have clean cars.
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