richardb
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Posts: 613
Loc: Allen
Reg: 04-17-00
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07-17-14 09:11 AM - Post#169799
In response to mgrayar
The news that Plano has too much water because it's citizens have complied with the water conservation restrictions and saved water, but now have to over water to use up the excess water exemplifies the absurdity of the NTMWD mandates as they are currently written.
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StacyLynn624
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Posts: 1091
Loc: West Side
Reg: 09-24-04
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07-17-14 11:35 AM - Post#169800
In response to richardb
^ That. The way the mandates are written is completely stupid, and the fact that all the cities have different rules is ridiculous.
Hey SB, I'm a citizen. You know what motivates me to save water? A lower water bill. Period. I challenge myself to get the water bill as cheap as I possibly can. Same with my electric bill. We don't water our lawn (we unplugged the plug to the system), so I don't have to worry about getting popped for using my sprinklers on the wrong day. So for me, it's all about that bill that comes once a month.
Until this thread, no one knew all of the BS involved when you get busted. Some knew of the fine, for sure, but not all of the wasted time and expense. If no one knows of that, then that is not a deterrent. The deterrent is the money.
So if money is the deterrent, then raise the rates for serious users across the board. You don't have to spend money to patrol, or process paper work, or have pre-trials, or trials. I mean, look at all of the City Employees involved in this ordeal? They are all paid by the city. They could be doing other stuff that's more productive than wasting their time on this.
You could do all of this with a computer and bring in much more money than the fines do, and conserve much more water than the fines do, all without paying a single person's salary.
Edited by StacyLynn624 on 07-17-14 11:36 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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readingu
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Posts: 728
Reg: 02-08-04
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07-17-14 07:28 PM - Post#169804
In response to pup
Call Steve Stoler...if he can get off cougar and coyote hunts long enough. Let him shine a little light on the idiocy of being fined for using your own water.
Boy you nailed it. Some need to look in the mirror.
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pup
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Posts: 3933
Reg: 03-29-06
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07-18-14 05:30 AM - Post#169810
In response to readingu
Call Steve Stoler...if he can get off cougar and coyote hunts long enough. Let him shine a little light on the idiocy of being fined for using your own water.
Boy you nailed it. Some need to look in the mirror.
Orange stripped cats have green spots.
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DrivinTooFast
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Posts: 1874
Reg: 02-20-08
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07-18-14 07:33 AM - Post#169811
In response to pup
Other things I learned at court.
1. Nobody went to trial
2. No Contest was hugely popular
3. You get probation for carrying Drug paraphernalia
4. Shorts are frowned upon so is chewing gum
5. The city attorney never stopped chewing gum. (I'm hoping it was nicotine gum)
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pup
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Posts: 3933
Reg: 03-29-06
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07-18-14 07:52 AM - Post#169813
In response to DrivinTooFast
6. The cashier is the busiest person there.
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