California Water Regulators: Do As We Say, Not As We Do

It’s difficult not to have some sympathy for California homeowners in the middle of a scorching drought. Mike Soubirous (above) has a full acre of beautiful flowers, bushes, and trees that require watering to remain healthy, as can be seen here:
‘Conservation [of water] isn’t that simple… I don’t know how I can reduce my water rate,’ he said. I feel your pain Mike…or maybe not. Soubirous sits on the Riverside City Council which unanimously voted this past summer to implement strict new water restrictions in reaction to the drought.
Around the state, politicians and regulators shamed and berated citizens for ‘selfishly’ and ‘unnecessarily’ bathing, showering, washing pets, filling up kiddie pools, and watering lawns instead of ripping them out in favor of ‘environmentally responsible’ green-painted gravel and the like. Enforcers were ready to hand out $500 fines.

This post was published at Lew Rockwell on October 8, 2014.