I don't know about many of you, but I use the internet for my news. That is, when I want to know what is going on about me in the world, I rarely opt to physically read a newspaper or magazine. I go on-line. My favorite news sites are the BBC and the New York Times but the internet offers so many options for news that when I want a fresh perspective, it is readily available. For middle eastern views I will often visit the Jordanian Newspaper site or other regional English Language Newspapers online. I would prefer to read the Arabic versions but since I haven't learned Arabic that is not possible.
But back to the news. How many of you have read the story linked above? A 70 year old Utah female residence is arrested for what? Failure to water and maintain her lawn? You have got to be kidding! I guess I am fortunate that the good Lord has been providing the water for our lawn (7 straight days worth so far) otherwise I would probably be as guilty as that poor lady.
I have heard of cities imposing a ban on watering lawns during times of draught. That makes sense since water is scarce. But I have never heard of a situation where it was illegal NOT to water your lawn. That seems to be a bit over reaching to me. Is the city going to pay the water utility bill? Or maybe for the elderly or disabled, the city will pay to install a lawn spinkler system so the lawn will be watered to their satisfaction?
I am sure that Orem city officials today are embarassed by the news. But shouldn't they have thought about these issues before having police arrest people for not watering the lawn? It probably isn't a good day to be the Mayor of Orem or the Chief of Police.
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