A couple who removed much of the vegetation from their lawn to save water are now in a legal battle with city officials from Orange California. This is a clear example of how city ordinances prevent people from being eco-friendly.  My favorite quote in this whole article comes from the officials themselves:

“Compliance, that’s all we’ve ever wanted,” said Senior Assistant City Atty. Wayne Winthers.

Ain’t that the truth.  Two things spring to mind one is a Thoreau quote:

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.

The second is a Zapp Brannigan quote:

I don’t pretend to understand Brannigan’s Law, I merely enforce it.

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