lol exactly John

Its interesting that you seem to be a specialist in neighborhood residents' beliefs. What other things that are not your business do you feel the need to involve yourself with?

If the county said it was illegal to take photos of your neighbors with cell phone cameras would you turn yourself in?

I am a specialist in knowing how my neighbors act. Yup!

Also, technically it IS my business if people are wasting water while restrictions are set.

"Also, technically it IS my business if people are wasting water while restrictions are set."

waste is subjective and restrictions are arbitrary, so in other words youre just saying youre a nosy neighbor. Again, if photographing neighbors with cell phone cameras were suddenly a crime would you turn yourself in or just others that do it?

When I say its my business, I mean it is literally my business. No, I'm not just a nosy neighbor. Since when is it illegal to take pictures?

It is not illegal to take pictures but who would have thought it would be illegal to wash your car? i asked the question initially and you avoided it though.

Also, simply by saying it literally is your business does not necessarily make it your business, for the record.

Governments love people like you who are willing to rat out their neighbors.

Do you rummage through your neighbors garbage to make sure they're recycling sufficiently?

Amen, Kat! I have invested thousands of dollars in my originally barren (except for grass and weeds) property to make beautiful gardens, front and back. I've even had to take gallons of water to a young common-area dogwood tree to keep it from dying in this dry, dry heat--so I hope Mr. Leopold is prepared to dispense with his police-escorted assignations to pay for any plants or shrubs or trees I lose, while I pay for a Baltimore utility's incompetence. I pay for the water I use--why should a business be allowed to use sprinklers on its property, if I can't? Do you suppose they'll stop watering the gardens at O'Malley's mansion--or Leopold's? The joke is that they've just raised the water/sewer line tax, which is BASED ON OUR WATER USAGE--so let's all do a rain-dance, and they'll have to look elsewhere for the revenue to cover their spend-spend-spend mentality! (I vote we lobby to change the name of the state to TAXUS.)

The main reason they won't shut down commercial car washes is because they're afraid of the political repercussions.

They don't mind ordering you around, as long as it won't affect them in the next election.

So, Kat….you are saying it's perfectly ok for the government to come in and shut down a business? Who died and gave the government that kind of power?

Really Michael C. !!! Lawn watering and car washing are not what is draining our storage tanks. You cant be serious?

what do you think happens to all water that falls to the ground...whether out of my garden hose or out of the sky?

Michael C. Well car washing typically uses less than 1% of domestic water use. Personal washing typically is about 33% of domestic water. So I guess we all should stop bathing and such if we really want to conserve water.
The mandatory restriction for no car washing and lawn watering is a PR move and utterly ridiculous.

Good job on your google found stats. While some of this may be true under normal conditions in normal temperatures.... You're significantly misrepresenting the toll lawn watering takes on our water system in AA County. And yes, I AM an expert on our water distribution system.

thanks for you compliment on my google skills. You may be an expert on our distribution system but that doesnt make you an expert on usage. No disrespect intended. I have a hard time buying that there is a 3000% increase in lawn water because of the temperature.

Oh my, this will sound odd... Guilty as charged, I am an expert in the usage of water from our public potable water system here in AA County. I have a wealth of knowledge about the while system, peak demand times, millions of gallons per day used, tanks that feed each area, and the plants that feed those tanks etc.

Yup

"I have a wealth of knowledge about the while system"

ooooh, tell me more about this while system please!

Yea I knew what you meant. So are you saying that domestic water usage in reference to car washing and lawn care go up 3000% when we have record high temps? I get the restriction on the pools. I can be convinced of the lawn restriction, but the car washing restriction seems a little excessive. How many people are washing their car on a daily basis?
Everyone knows it is absolutely necessary to drive around with a clean car.

Of course, and thats fine. But enlighten us with specifics then please.

Mike, you're no doubt a "Legend in your own Mind" , along with the "neighbor" that every neighborhood has and the county loves when we try to take a crap without first applying for a permit.

you go "water boy". just glad I'm not residing in your "hood". I'll be the one hangin' out in the Dena washing my car in the driveway. Just make sure you keep us updated when the local sewage plant has a power failure and the generator, or lack there of, fails and all the shit spews into the local waterway! Time to go swimmin'! It will be in the local news, as it always is. Count on it.