Open Up! Water Police!

The city of San Diego is paying $70,000 to pass out yellow tags to residents who can place them on the front doors of neighbors who they feel are abusing water restrictions.

I wonder if any of them remember the early 90’s when then-mayor Maureen O’Connor was trumpeting how she cut her own water usage 20% before it was discovered she had two lots and the water bill was only reported from one lot. Locals had long wondered how she kept a koi pond and watered the yard every day and still managed to cut her water usage and pay a lower bill than most apartments. It turned out she was one of the city’s biggest water hogs, but of course it was all neatly swept under the proverbial rug, with her being a leftie and all.