Common sense has left the building

[Spots]

Would someone please explain the difference in washing the sidewalk with a water hose, and the rain washing it? City threatens to fine business owner for water hosing bird poop from side walk.

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/restaurant-faces-2000-fine-for-washing-away-bird-poop.html

[Steelharp]

I would imagine it has something to do with it being a man-made event and liability concerns in our lawsuit crazy world.

[luvmyberetta]

I guess the owner will have to learn some rain dances. Why does it seem like ANY & ALL govt. officials are morons?

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

That is about the most idiotic thing I have read in ages..

WTF is wrong with people ?

Its poluting if you do it.. if the rain does it .. its ok?

Hmm..I guess the acid rains from all the industrial places will cancel out the acid in the bird poo ?

[Garufa]

It appears Texas is lost. Are there any States in this country where common sense prevails and is not the exception? Where self-important ninnies do not make absurd judgements on the spot? Tell me now I want to go there.

[Major Kong]

Is there anything in the world more worthless than a bureaucrat?

[greenego]

Is there anything in the world more worthless than a bureaucrat?

Two bureaucrats

[Dolomite_supafly]

Two bureaucrats...

that are procreating.

Dolomite

[Jonnin]

been that way forever I think. A few years back we were working on a boat and had to swap the lead shot ballast for sand bags to make some official happy. When we cleaned it we had to use only certain products and it had to be done over a certain drain. They had to account for every drop of any sort of chemical onboard, so bleeding the hydraulic lines was a big deal and took 4 levels of paper pushers and observers. Refueling in the water was as bad, took an observer and paperwork to make sure we did not have a fuel spill. Mind you, these were not much bigger than a bass fishing boat, not talking about a warship or anything big. It just was government related work so the envirowhackos had to have their say at every step.

[vontar]

Hey, Bird Poop is a natural product. It actually belongs in the environment.

[R_Bert]

The restaurant owner should start feeding vagrants in exchange for them to "hose" it off. Chalk in targets, and call it "performance art". It's "natural" too.

Edited September 20, 2012 by R_Bert

[vontar]

sounds like that city official knows someone in the cleaning business.

[quietguy]

The restaurant owner should start feeding vagrants in exchange for them to "hose" it off. Chalk in targets, and call it "performance art". It's "natural" too.

I think I would have to buy all of the chickens that I could afford, and turn them loose on City Hall.