Police State: CA Approves $500 Fines For 'Wasting Water'...

[Ravi]

Oh, wait. I think it was Jeb Bush that made that rule. Sorry Obama.

 

[longknife]

Only in La La Land Kaleefornya do we see such stupidity. Am I ever glad I didn't go back to live there.

 

[Ravi]

Only in La La Land Kaleefornya do we see such stupidity. Am I ever glad I didn't go back to live there.

Floriduh is lalaland?

 

[paulitician]

That's nothing. I need a new front door on my house and he's forcing me to buy one that opens out instead of in so now I can't have a screen door anymore!!!!

THAT redefines stupid!

FUCKING OBAMA wants to protect my house from flooding. What a huge piece of garbage he is....this is much worse that water restrictions.

Gawd, you're such a dimwit Goose Stepper. HEIL BIG BROTHER!!! Now off ya go dummy.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

THAT redefines stupid!

FUCKING OBAMA wants to protect my house from flooding. What a huge piece of garbage he is....this is much worse that water restrictions.

Gawd, you're such a dimwit Goose Stepper. HEIL BIG BROTHER!!! Now off ya go dummy.

And you remain an ignorant rightwing putz who has no idea what an actual 'police state' is, and it's certainly not water use fines.

Your stupidity and desperation are pathetic.

 

[Jarlaxle]

That's nothing. I need a new front door on my house and he's forcing me to buy one that opens out instead of in so now I can't have a screen door anymore!!!!

THAT redefines stupid!

FUCKING OBAMA wants to protect my house from flooding. What a huge piece of garbage he is....this is much worse that water restrictions.

Unless the door is watertight, how the hell is THAT supposed to work?

 

[paulitician]

FUCKING OBAMA wants to protect my house from flooding. What a huge piece of garbage he is....this is much worse that water restrictions.

Gawd, you're such a dimwit Goose Stepper. HEIL BIG BROTHER!!! Now off ya go dummy.

And you remain an ignorant rightwing putz who has no idea what an actual 'police state' is, and it's certainly not water use fines.

Your stupidity and desperation are pathetic.

Go figure, an Obamabot Bootlicker worshipping Big Brother. Shocking.

 

[paulitician]

"reckless watering?' Yikes. Yeah, you're a 'Terrorist.' This is the kind of abhorrent behavior Big Brother wholeheartedly encourages...


Residents Urged To Rat Out Neighbors

If you decide to spray-wash your driveway in the middle of the drought, God forbid, the cops aren't likely to show up at your doorstep. It's more likely your neighbor will rat you out.

Despite new statewide regulations that will allow authorities to ticket residents for excessive outdoor watering - with fines up to $500 - many Bay Area police departments and water agencies say they don't plan to issue citations.

Most say their current practice of asking nicely for water conservation is working just fine, and they plan to stick to it. Some also say they don't have the authority to issue citations, at least not without jumping through legal hoops. Others simply don't have the time to scout out violators and cite them.

This doesn't mean, however, that you're going to get away with reckless watering.

Many communities have begun urging residents to report people who are wasting water - and the tips are pouring in.

Agencies that set up hotlines and e-mails for snitching...

More:
Wasting water? Fear ratting neighbors, not relentless cops - SFGate

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Here's govt screwing you either way:

California couple conserving water amid drought could face fine for brown lawn

 

[whitehall]

Good ole Government. Always there to help ya out, huh? The 'War on Water-Wasters' has begun. Interesting to see how Big Brother will enforce these Laws. Maybe declare the Water-Wasters 'Terrorists?' Who knows? Nothing would surprise me at this point.


Reservoirs are running dry, the Capitol's lawn has turned brown, and farmers have left hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted.

Even so, many Californians aren't taking the drought seriously. State water regulators are trying to change that by imposing fines up to $500 a day for wasting water.

The State Water Resources Control Board acted Tuesday amid warnings that conditions could get worse if it doesn't rain this winter.

City and suburban residents often are not fully aware of the seriousness of the three-year drought - the worst in California since the mid-1970s, board Chairwoman Felicia Marcus said in an interview after the 4-0 vote.

The vote is historic, she said, not only because the steps are unprecedented in California but because the board is trying to spread the burden of the drought beyond farmers and agencies that are trying to protect wildlife.

"We're all in this together," Marcus said.

Yet consumption throughout the state actually rose by 1 percent in May, according to a report from the board, while Gov. Jerry Brown is seeking a 20 percent reduction in water use.

"We're taking the prudent step of taking action as if it's not going to rain for more years, because we know that's possible," Marcus said.

The fines will apply only to wasteful outdoor water use, including watering landscaping to the point that runoff...

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Another indication that self described libertarians may have been sleeping through Civics 101. The Police don't make the laws, the politicians do. Instead of whining about the Police the libertards should join the Tea Party and fix the problem.

 

[JoeNormal]

A fine illustration of libertarians acting as sullen teenagers, endlessly screaming "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!".

Record drought? Bah. Public good? No such thing. Every single thing is entirely about the rights of the poor libertarians to do whatever they damn well please, no matter who it harms.

Like other grownups, I understand that it's not all about me, and that I don't always get to do what I want, and it doesn't make me a victim of statist tyranny when I don't get to do what I want. Most libertarians never reached that level of maturity.

OMG, this is the most perfect encapsulation of libertarianism I've seen yet.

 

[dblack]

A fine illustration of libertarians acting as sullen teenagers, endlessly screaming "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!".

Record drought? Bah. Public good? No such thing. Every single thing is entirely about the rights of the poor libertarians to do whatever they damn well please, no matter who it harms.

Like other grownups, I understand that it's not all about me, and that I don't always get to do what I want, and it doesn't make me a victim of statist tyranny when I don't get to do what I want. Most libertarians never reached that level of maturity.

OMG, this is the most perfect encapsulation of libertarianism I've seen yet.

You haven't read much about libertarianism, have you? I don't mean that as insult, necessarily. I like the quote too, and agree the thrust of this thread is silly. But libertarianism is far more thoughtful and broad minded than the stereotype presented here. Just sayin.

 

[Ravi]

THAT redefines stupid!

FUCKING OBAMA wants to protect my house from flooding. What a huge piece of garbage he is....this is much worse that water restrictions.

Unless the door is watertight, how the hell is THAT supposed to work?

flash flood can't push in the door. Ditto hurricane winds. Theoretically.

 

[Mad_Cabbie]

A fine illustration of libertarians acting as sullen teenagers, endlessly screaming "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!".

Record drought? Bah. Public good? No such thing. Every single thing is entirely about the rights of the poor libertarians to do whatever they damn well please, no matter who it harms.

Like other grownups, I understand that it's not all about me, and that I don't always get to do what I want, and it doesn't make me a victim of statist tyranny when I don't get to do what I want. Most libertarians never reached that level of maturity.

OMG, this is the most perfect encapsulation of libertarianism I've seen yet.

You haven't read much about libertarianism, have you? I don't mean that as insult, necessarily. I like the quote too, and agree the thrust of this thread is silly. But libertarianism is far more thoughtful and broad minded than the stereotype presented here. Just sayin.

Correct, Libertarians often have wide-ranging and eclectic view-points of how to achieve small government. Not all of us are out-of-touch nincompoops who live in a shack and drink rain water out of a cooking pot!

libertarianism, has more to do with people being free from the tyranny of government OR the ruling class. We don't all subscribe to extreme right or left wing rhetoric, nor do we spend most of the day cleaning our flint-locks and killing all the fish in the Ocean.

 

[Mad_Cabbie]

A true libertarian is sensitive to the fact, that he is free as long as that freedom does not infringe upon others; drinking water from the aquifer is a shared resource, therefore it is not MINE to pilfer however I wish.

Thus, if some ass-hat, decides to fill a huge swimming pool during a drought, it infringes upon others, necessitating an intervention of some sort.

That's the governments job - the protect my interest from someone infringing upon MY rights.

 

[Contumacious]

A true libertarian is sensitive to the fact, that he is free as long as that freedom does not infringe upon others; drinking water from the aquifer is a shared resource, therefore it is not MINE to pilfer however I wish.

Thus, if some ass-hat, decides to fill a huge swimming pool during a drought, it infringes upon others, necessitating an intervention of some sort.

That's the governments job - the protect my interest from someone infringing upon MY rights.

Unfortunately, California is full of true fascists/socialists.

The scumbags totally mismanage resources, then force everyone to share the misery and will penalize those who refuse.

.

 

[paulitician]

Just remember all you good little sheeple in California, feel free to rat your neighbors out. Hell, rat your friends & family out if you have to. It can be done anonymously. They'll never have to know you're a Nazi Goose Stepping piece of shite. So get out there peeps, keep an eye on those 'Water-Wasting Terrorists.' Be a good Nazi. Make Big Brother proud.