[Vaquero]

National Pubic(sic) Radio

be still my heart....I aint gonna read it.

[grobdriver]

I wonder if part of their policy is jailing people who dare use rain water catchment systems, thereby “stealing” the city’s water?

[Jedidah]

Good for San Antonio.

Hope they’re ready for zebra mussels.

[Arrowhead1952]

San Antonio could have several Corp of Engineer lakes to its northwest. They refused to have them built, and now that area is too developed.

Now, they want to buy water from the Lower Colorado River Authority and drain the highland lakes more than the current cities that are draining the lakes.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

He says the city has also given out more than a quarter-million water-efficient toilets. The city also offers free audits to show homeowners where they can save water. And if they can't afford new pipes, Ahrens says the city has a program called Plumbers to People.

"Where they know they have a leak, we go ahead and take care of that for them," he says.

What a generous man, he is. He takes money out of his own pocket to help the citizens of his city.

Or does he?

No, this is yet, more proof that he forgets where this money comes from. It comes from the taxpayers.

The city didn't 'give out' water-saving toilets. The taxpayers footed the bill for these 250,000 toilets.

No doubt, some company is charging a pretty penny for these crappers and the city doesn't care because the money isn't coming out of their pockets. The taxpayers are eating the costs.

The city doesn't 'fix' leaks for the citizens. The taxpayers are footing the bill.

And, if we were to dig a little deeper, we'd probably find that some plumbers are getting pretty sweet deals by charging exorbitant fees to perform this work and billing the city's taxpayers.