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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IT’S CA! WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT. IF THEY WERE ILLEGAL MEXICANS, THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE.
I thought it was mexifomia
Tell the California a Gov. where too stick it
Perfect..
Sweeet Home Alabama!
This is just stupid! They tell us to comply with water regulations or face a fine…but then turn around and do c**p like this and fine people for having a brown lawn who were just doing as we’ve ALL been told and complying with water regulations. Makes no sense…but since when did Liberals EVER make sense?
If this is true, then this is out right stealing money from these people!
Only in California the state government is run by IDIOTS! That is why I will never spend any money in that crazy State!
I would have painted it green!
Pee on it they didn’t say how to water it LIBERAL IDIOTS