Posted on 06/16/2015 7:11:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — San Jose is forcing its residents to cut back on water use during the drought, so one couple found a patriotic solution to their ugly brown lawn by painting an American flag on it.
Claudia Decker and her husband stopped watering their lawn in January. Tired of looking at the patchy turf and dirt, they wanted to increase their curb appeal.
“People are painting their lawns green because of the drought,” Decker told KPIX 5.
Instead of green, the couple painted an American flag on the lawn, in honor of Flag Day. The flag even looks like it has a little Santa Clara Valley breeze rippling through it, and is accurately measured.
“My husband went along and sprayed the edge, and that was it. We measured 21-inches wide, and 13 stripes, 50 stars,” Decker said.
It took 15 cans of spray paint, and a day’s worth of work to complete the flag, and neighbors are impressed.
“They have asked how to do it. They said, ‘are you going to do it for our lawn, can you maybe come over and show us?” Decker said.
The Deckers say the flag should last at least through the Fourth of July.
San Jose has put some of the toughest water conservation laws into place. Each home is now assigned a certain amount of water to use. That amount is 30 percent less than the homeowners used in 2013. If they go over that amount and the surcharges start racking up. Water cops will be on the lookout for violators and multiple violators will face $500 fines.
Claudia Decker and her husband found a patriotic solution to their ugly brown lawn by painting an American flag on it. (CBS)
Do mine eyes deceive me or is there tilled “agricultural land” at the back of the property so those hypocrites can dodge the residential property taxes the peons all have to pay.
San Jose has put some of the toughest water conservation laws into place. Each home is now assigned a certain amount of water to use. That amount is 30 percent less than the homeowners used in 2013. If they go over that amount and the surcharges start racking up. Water cops will be on the lookout for violators and multiple violators will face $500 fines.
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From what I’ve read, homeowners only use a small fraction of all the water that’s used in California.
We travel to California on occasion to visit family and it always amazes me to see an American flag flying. It’s something I simply wouldn’t expect there.
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As in most areas of the country, there are more Conservatives in California than liberals.
Here in our town in Florida, we get 10k gallons of water per month per household, for a flat fee, but anything over that and surcharges kick in.
We have wells and lawn pumps for our yards and other non essential uses that is not part of the water and sewer system...............
Just because the liberal strongholds in San Francisco and Los Angeles hold a majority and sway elections, the rest of the state's population are conservatives.
I think it was in San Jose where the HOA was fining people with dead grass, not watering and the city was fining people for watering.
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