Comments on: In Florida, Extremists Push Legislation to Ban Grass! http://www.lifeandlawns.com/2008/09/19/in-florida-extremists-push-legislation-to-ban-grass/ Lawn Care Tips & Advice Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:21:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Yurich http://www.lifeandlawns.com/2008/09/19/in-florida-extremists-push-legislation-to-ban-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 John Yurich Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:22:10 +0000 http://lifeandlawns.com/?p=571#comment-3356 No! grass, because of droughts my lawn is infested with chinch bugs and being allowed to water 4 hours per week dosen't help. My lawn is brown with all weeds, in 9 years i've had 5 lawn service companys and they were of no use. I've tried every thing spent a lot of time and money for what? it's useless i can't afford it. I live in a subdivsion were supposed to have picture perfect lawns,right. Anyway no grass is fine with me. No! grass, because of droughts my lawn is infested with chinch bugs and being allowed to water 4 hours per week dosen’t help. My lawn is brown with all weeds, in 9 years i’ve had 5 lawn service companys and they were of no use. I’ve tried every thing spent a lot of time and money for what? it’s useless i can’t afford it. I live in a subdivsion were supposed to have picture perfect lawns,right. Anyway no grass is fine with me.

]]> By: Allyn Paul http://www.lifeandlawns.com/2008/09/19/in-florida-extremists-push-legislation-to-ban-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Allyn Paul Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:39:54 +0000 http://lifeandlawns.com/?p=571#comment-1879 Clair, Thanks so much for the well constructed thoughts. I agree that balance is the key here, not extremes. I love grass all kinds of grass! AL Clair,
Thanks so much for the well constructed thoughts. I agree that balance is the key here, not extremes.

I love grass all kinds of grass!
AL

]]> By: Clair Schwan of Libertarian Logic http://www.lifeandlawns.com/2008/09/19/in-florida-extremists-push-legislation-to-ban-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Clair Schwan of Libertarian Logic Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:31:05 +0000 http://lifeandlawns.com/?p=571#comment-1877 This is yet another symptom of people in government feeling the need to control the behavior of others through preventive laws. It also shows a failure of those in government to recognize the adverse effect on individual liberty and free enterprise. Banning use of sod and banning a type of grass isn't a good answer because it hurts free enterprise and infringes on personal choice. Instead of focusing on high water users (the many voters), the solution is to hurt sod producers (the fewer voters). People should be able to enjoy the grass they want, replace it with sod if they so choose, and use all the water they care to pay for to maintain it. It's called freedom and we should get reacquainted with it. A better solution to government bans is to promote water conservation and establish a tiered water rate based on usage. This will naturally discourage waste as high water users will pay more for water. People using water can figure out what to do about the resource they are paying for - they don't need government coercion to replace their (wise or unwise) decision-making. This keeps choice in the hands of individuals and takes away the one-size-fits-all approach that government often takes. The problem is water, not grass. What's next? Should we ban washing cars, swimming pools, water slides and bathing our pets? Government goes too far, too often, and it's all because we sit back quietly and follow those that think they are supposed to be our leaders. When you take decision-making out of the hands of free people, don't be surprised if they develop a culture of expecting the government to make more and more of their decisions. Also, don't be surprised when 20/20 hindsight causes them to blame government for unwise decisions. Clair This is yet another symptom of people in government feeling the need to control the behavior of others through preventive laws. It also shows a failure of those in government to recognize the adverse effect on individual liberty and free enterprise.

Banning use of sod and banning a type of grass isn’t a good answer because it hurts free enterprise and infringes on personal choice. Instead of focusing on high water users (the many voters), the solution is to hurt sod producers (the fewer voters).

People should be able to enjoy the grass they want, replace it with sod if they so choose, and use all the water they care to pay for to maintain it. It’s called freedom and we should get reacquainted with it.

A better solution to government bans is to promote water conservation and establish a tiered water rate based on usage. This will naturally discourage waste as high water users will pay more for water.

People using water can figure out what to do about the resource they are paying for – they don’t need government coercion to replace their (wise or unwise) decision-making.

This keeps choice in the hands of individuals and takes away the one-size-fits-all approach that government often takes. The problem is water, not grass. What’s next? Should we ban washing cars, swimming pools, water slides and bathing our pets?

Government goes too far, too often, and it’s all because we sit back quietly and follow those that think they are supposed to be our leaders.

When you take decision-making out of the hands of free people, don’t be surprised if they develop a culture of expecting the government to make more and more of their decisions. Also, don’t be surprised when 20/20 hindsight causes them to blame government for unwise decisions.

Clair

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