We’re from the government….
3rd March 2010
Jerry Pournelle is outraged.
I remember growing up in a land in which it was presumed that people were free to do things, and there were not silly laws about how much grass you must have on it. We don’t seem to live there any longer.
There are people in this world who want to control others. They tend to become public employees. Once they have some authority they want to go justify their pay, so they find things to enforce like an ordinance that says you have to have 40% green coverage on your lawn. This one actually got the householder to court, where he had to plead not guilty. Once this became public the silliness stopped, but who is going to pay for it all? And why is this redundant employee still being paid?