Calif. City Will Fine Couple $500 For Not Watering Brown Lawn, State Will Fine’em $500 If They Do

Consumerist ^ | July 18, 2014

[ken in texas]

Then they put you on the sex offender list for indecent exposure.

[Starstruck]

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.

[steve86]

What would happen if an draftee disobeyed every single order from the very first order given (”take a seat on the bus”) to one a few down the line (refusing to break rocks at Leavenworth). I have often wondered this.

[Jack Hammer]

Look up the word ‘government’ in the dictionary - this example will be there.

[Starstruck]

What would happen if an draftee disobeyed every single order from the very first order given (”take a seat on the bus”) to one a few down the line (refusing to break rocks at Leavenworth). I have often wondered this.

Back when I was in being kicked in the ankles with combat boots for being out of step was not unusual. Refusing an order was not something we wanted to push.

[SkyDancer]

And they want to create six of them???

[Nebr FAL owner]

Got a simpler idea . go to the hardware store & buy a weed sprayer ,go to art supply store & buy green water color paint ,spray paint your lawn green ,total cost less than $100.00 .

[Amagi]

Way too much goddam government.

[Lockbox]

State law supersedes local law.

Exactly

[Graybeard58]

I’d see if one of em would be willing to lower the fine to $400.00 and go with them.

Now that right there is smart thinkin', you gotta head fer bidness on you.

(Or politics)

[EQAndyBuzz]

He should do this. Dig up the entire lawn. Put a couple of rocks down and a cactus and say you are zeroscaping.

[BwanaNdege]

Local government will fine you the $500.

They will then tell you that once you have paid the state fine:

1)Submit your receipt (original only)
2)Plus 6 notarized copies of City Council Form 3781(b)/3 - “Request for Refund of Duplicate Fines”
3)To the Clerk of Court
4)On the 5th Thursday of the month following payment of the State fine.

[Lorianne]

I’d water half of it and leave the other half brown just to give them both the you know which finger.

Blankety, blank nannies. Leave us the hell alone! I’m so sick of this stuff

[Lorianne]

No, they need to be locked up 1 year for every stupid law they pass.

[Mr. Jeeves]

John Roberts would simply call this a tax. :)

[GeronL]

pretty insane

[ExCTCitizen]

California is so screwed up... this proves it...

[publius911]

That's it?
That's the best the FR braintrust can come up with?

Where are all the adults tonight?
You're killing me here.

And just to keep things interesting, we have a third boot on our necks. A Homeowner's Association.

I might just go for two out of three and take my chances.

[Valpal1]

Green food coloring would also work and avoid any fines should the powers that be decide water color paint is toxic.

They may already have a weed sprayer in the garage, or borrow one. Bet it would cost less than $20.

[ExCTCitizen]

I hate HOAs. I think you could be penalized if you sneeze wrong.