hornadylnl
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- Nov 19, 2008
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are you kidding?? you can get a ticket for brown grass??
NOPE
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/general_political_discussion/126085-arresting_americans_for_having_a_brown_lawn.html
are you kidding?? you can get a ticket for brown grass??
NOPE
the news was reporting this morning that watering flowers, trees and gardens for now is still ok.I would argue that food should be/is exempt. I could be wrong but you have a garden to provide sustenance and it this economy, it is cheaper to have a garden than to go to the grocery. So without the garden, you would not be able to afford the buy replacement.
I wash mine at Mike's Car wash...they recycle all their water. So, YES, I WILL have my patrol car washed.
This is a misunderstanding. Water is not a commodity that has a price driven by market forces. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission enforces the price which has been set by law. Whether the water company has a trillion gallons in reserve, or only one gallon, the metered price for the water would be the same.
As the reserves drop, the ability of the water company to maintain pressure in lines, including fire hydrants, drops as well. Also, Indianapolis has the largest surface water source supply of any city in America. As the water level drops, the cost to treat water coming from those sources skyrockets.
The average idiot will continue to use water without regard to the conditions, and what it means for the future, until he is forced not to do so. We want citizens notifying the police of violators. It is far more economical than having the cops driving up and down each street daily looking or them. It also helps to modify the behavior of those who society does not want acting in a manner inconsistent with the mutual benefit of said society. Turning in your neighbor is good for all of us.
the news was reporting this morning that watering flowers, trees and gardens for now is still ok.
You're nobody.. you don't need to knowYeah, I just saw that on the news. You'd think the dept would send me something about this.
even the news says to call the Mayors Action Line, not the Police..That's cold
the news was reporting this morning that watering flowers, trees and gardens for now is still ok.
Water is not a commodity that has a price driven by market forces. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission enforces the price which has been set by law. Whether the water company has a trillion gallons in reserve, or only one gallon, the metered price for the water would be the same.
As the reserves drop, the ability of the water company to maintain pressure in lines, including fire hydrants, drops as well. Also, Indianapolis has the largest surface water source supply of any city in America. As the water level drops, the cost to treat water coming from those sources skyrockets.
The average idiot will continue to use water without regard to the conditions, and what it means for the future, until he is forced not to do so. We want citizens notifying the police of violators. It is far more economical than having the cops driving up and down each street daily looking or them. It also helps to modify the behavior of those who society does not want acting in a manner inconsistent with the mutual benefit of said society. Turning in your neighbor is good for all of us.
Just curious, but did you address this in your contract with them?
Okay, I was trying to get opinions on this topic because I didn't WANT to inject my opinion (and thereby start an argument right off). And I think I'm still going to evade giving my opinion in favor of attempting to reshape the question:
Posit that a totally free market exists and that ground water for human and commercial consumption is provided by one or more entities other than government. Aside from the question of how fire brigades are metered and charged by said entities for their usage, how does a responsible entity simultaneously raise prices on the cost of water while preserving the water supply? Let us posit that free market prices may be raised enough to limit - but not stop - excessive water usage and water levels continue to drop. What steps may the water-controlling entity(s) take to preserve their business as well as preserve limited resources for the public good? Or do they have a moral or business reason to conserve limited resources?
So Citizens' Water has gotten the Mayor to approve an emergency ban on watering lawns, rinsing driveways, filling empty swimming pools. Fines can be levied for up to $2500 (for a third citation in a one-year period) but police won't be looking for violators; they'll depend upon citizens' complaints to identify ordinance-breakers.
So, the question I have for INGOers is: Is this a typical "police state power grab" and are citizens who rat out their neighbors being "good citizens" or just "squealers"?
if its yellow let it mellow, if it brown flush it down?
anyone observing that motto yet?