Yellow tags

Thanks to Barry for this one!
Remember in grammar school, if somebody did something wrong, and you “told” on them, all the other kids would start chanting “tattletale”, “tattletale”, “tattletale”. Well, It appears to have come to that in California.
Well, now government is getting involved. They are trying to turn Friend against friend, and neighbor against neighbor. I guess everyone out here can now belong to the "Water Police"
Below is the first few paragraphs of a story in the San Diego Union Tribune, just another of the many “Leftie” papers, with an agenda, from around the country.

"Door tags let residents play water cops

Countywide project seeks to reduce wasteful habits

By Keith Darcé

Union-Tribune Staff Writer

2:00 a.m. February 28, 2009

You know these neighbors. They're the ones with the poorly calibrated sprinkler systems that send biblical torrents into the gutter during the hottest part of the day. You've always wanted to do something to turn the tide but don't know how to approach the problem tactfully. Local water officials think they've come up with a solution. It's a bright yellow door hanger that doubles as San Diego County's new scarlet letter, and it's coming your way starting tomorrow.

“Dear neighbor,” the hanger reads. “Our region is facing a serious water shortage. This makes eliminating water waste more important than ever. While passing your home, I noticed the following:” Five check boxes allow you to identify a variety of offenses, including sprinklers that run every day (instead of two or three times a week), broken nozzles that leak and irrigation systems that turn on even when it's raining. Leaders of the San Diego County Water Authority hope that residents will act as self-appointed hydro-cops and hang 1.75 million of these tags on the doors of water-hogging neighbors. It's the agency's latest strategy for promoting conservation as the statewide drought deepens. People can leave the hangers anonymously or sign their names on them..............................................."

You can read the entire article at:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/28/1n28water005144-door-tags-let-residents-play-water/?uniontrib