The Conservative Reclaimation of North America 2

The City of Calgary is currently running an ad campaign telling us how to use water responsibly when watering our lawns. Here's a snippet:

LAWN CARE

Grow a healthy lawn with little effort and maintenance. Use these tips
to use water wisely.

Water 1 inch over the Week
Your lawn needs only 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) of
water over the week to stay healthy. To measure this amount of water,
use a rain gauge or a Frisbee; place it on your lawn while you are watering and
watch it fill up.

Watering your lawn the recommended amount will encourage the roots of lawn
to go deeper looking for water and help it survive the extreme conditions of
summer. Too much watering creates a shallow root system that makes your lawn
dependent on frequent watering. Overwatering can cause thatch build up or lawn
disease and uses our precious tap water.

Be Weather Wise
If it has already rained 1 inch in the week, don't water. Your
lawn loves the water from the sky more than tap water.

Water your Lawn in the Morning
The morning is cool and there is little or no wind. Watering during the
heat of the day will just allow the water to evaporate.

Aim your Sprinkler
Don't water the driveway and sidewalk.

Let the Lawn Grow
When you mow your lawn, leave the lawn at least 7.5 centimetres (3 inches)
long. The longer grass will protect the roots from the sun and will help retain
moisture in the soil. Longer roots will develop and the longer grass may even
crowd out weeds.

(Emphasis mine.)

Those are some good tips and I'd be inclined to buy-in to what the City is trying to tell the public but for this:

This photo of the watering practices of the City of Calgary on City property was taken yesterday. The City tells us that we shouldn't be watering the sidewalk but apparently it's OK for them to do so. The City tells us that we shouldn't put more than 1" of water on our lawn each week. This little geyser was running for an hour before I took the photo. The City tells us to watch the weather. Yet they chose to water this grass when there was a 70% chance of rain in the forecast. (We did in fact get rain over night and it's still spitting this morning). The City just went against it's own guidelines. That's bad enough as it is but it goes from bad to worse. You see, if I were to turn 90 degrees to the left, we would see the main building of the City of Calgary Water Services Department. I didn't take a photo of the building because of the neat little guard post directly behind me. Getting caught taking pics of City hypocrisy could cause grief for one of my clients working elsewhere on the grounds. That would be bad.

Long story short: The citizens of Calgary (us) have to pick up the slack and compensate for the incompetence of the folks who work for the citizens of Calgary. Our civil servants have even put bylaws in place to ensure that this happens:

ACTS
35. (1) No person, unless authorized by the Director, Waterworks, shall:
(a) Sell water obtained from the water system; or
(b) Supply water obtained from the water system to any person who intends to sell the water; or
(c) Supply water, by pipe or a hose, to any other premises which should be supplied with water through its own water service connection.
(2) No person shall waste water.
(3) Any person who contravenes this Section may forfeit the right to be supplied with water and shall be guilty of an offence and liable on Summary Conviction to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor greater than Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
(B/L 1M2000, 2000 January 24)
(B/L 38M2003, 2003 October 6)

(emphasis mine)

So if I'm caught watering my driveway, I'll be subject to a $100.00 fine. Nice.

And this brings me to the second entry in my series on the Conservative Reclamation of North America.

We need to take back City Hall. And the Town Halls. And the local School Boards.

These institutions are where the rubber meets the road so to speak when it comes to governance and they have more influence/impact than the federal and state/provincial governments combined. Because of their interface with the public, they have, unfortunately, become infested by the lib-left. The vast majority have become their own little self-serving socialist entities. And, like any entity, they tend to grow unless kept in check. When they are allowed to grow, they do it on your dime. This shit needs to change.

Ahhhh... But where to start? At the top silly.

We need to nominate, support and elect conservatives to the positions of Mayor, Aldermen/Councilors and School Board Directors. These individuals make the appointments or hiring decisions in terms of City Managers, Chief’s of Police etc. The trickle-down effect will take over from there.

The potential is enormous. Think about it.