Sunday, March 23, 2008

Environment: Water: In a turf war over lawn care

Environment: Water: In a turf war over lawn care: "TAMPA — James Lyle watered his yard once a week, and got fined $1,000 by his homeowners association because the lawn was still too brown.

He began watering the lawn twice a week and got fined $100 by the Hillsborough County water department."

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So which of his two local governments--private or public--should he obey? I like the part where the past president of the association says, "While we're sympathetic and certainly respect the county's once-a-week watering restriction, it's an excuse for somebody to just let their yards go." Some people don't get this whole idea that they have a limited function to perform. And maybe that sort of person is attracted to community association boards.

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