http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/30/state-california-flouts-its-own-enviro-laws-claims-county-threatening-multi-million-dollar-suit.html
Excerpt:
Sacramento County is threatening to fine Caltrans millions in taxpayer dollars for drilling hundreds of wells over a period of decades in violation of laws aimed at protecting groundwater, records show.
The county set the possible fine at as much as $5.23 million per day to locate and follow proper procedures for a fraction of the wells — the most extreme measure thus far in a long-running jurisdictional spitting contest. The county says the state should have obtained permits, licenses and inspections for 523 narrow wells drilled from January 1990 to May 2014, according to a notice of violation obtained by CalWatchdog.
Even a drunk can laugh at this faux threat. The taxpayers dollars shifting from one level of gubbamint to another, chuckle.
ReplyDeleteHow about go after the individuals who shield themselves as public employees. Ah yes, government code - meant to allow abuses to go unpunished. The costs of such Lynch mobbing are not paid by the perps, but paid by the taxpayers because government code mandates public employees must be held unaccountable and innocent of all charges.