Fine Priorities...

Reading the following article, I was again reminded that, here in Sac-town, the City would have generated more revenue from my brown lawn than it would have from my feeding of the storm drains. As a potential fine payer, what makes more economic sense? To let the lawn go brown and face a $748 fine, or risk watering the street and face a much smaller fine?

Here's the story from San Diego:

Since November, Bill Stephens and his fellow water cops have issued more than 450 warnings and tickets to water wasters in Riverside County. They've targeted commercial, industrial and institutional customers in the Eastern Municipal Water District from Moreno Valley to Temecula. This month, Stephens started to cite residents for excessively using water. After two warnings, homeowners will be fined $100 or more. Mike Lee and Michael Gardner in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 9/8/08