Michael Korte and wife Laura Whitney from Glendora, CA face $500 in fines and even criminal action if they don’t turn their brown lawn green again, which died because they were trying to comply with California water regulations.
Don’t you just love the government’s ability to coordinate their activities?
On Tuesday — when the couple received the letter — state regulators authorized fines up to $500 for overwatering lawns.‘Despite the water conservation efforts, we wish to remind you that limited watering is still required to keep landscaping looking healthy and green,’ the letter stated.
It included pictures of the dead lawn with a red line through it, a weedy line similarly crossed out, and finally an uncrossed green lawn with a sprinkler.
‘It is telling me I’d better get my lawn green and I have 60 days to do it,’ Laura said.Ironically, on the same day the couple received the letter the State Water Resources Control Board gave local agencies power to fine for overwatering lawns to help reduce water consumption as the state is in the third year of record low rainfall.
Should the couple wish to improve their lawn they’ll likely have to water it every day.
‘It seems like you’ll be fined if you overwater but we will be fined no matter what,’ Laura said.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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The government does best what ever they can do to make our lives miserable.
A lot of people in California are Crazy as a Bat.
Did the city actually drop the charges yet? Or have they got a court date? It was quite awhile ago when this happened. This is idiotic and most likely will be dropped if it goes in front of a judge unless he is a follower of obama or corrupt.
astro turf it or spray paint it green
Wrong wrong wrong, they need to go send 20 cops to chase that guy that stoled a 5 dollar shirt from wal-mart across three states (makes no scents)
Only in America!
Paint it green !
Be careful who you vote for!
Ok, time for spray paint!!!!
California is ridiculous