Rich Californians balk at water limits
By Rob Kuznia, Washington Post
RANCHO SANTA FE — Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water.
People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on brown courses or apologize for wanting their gardens to be beautiful,” Yuhas fumed recently on social media. “We pay significant property taxes based on where we live,” he added in an interview. “And, no, we’re not all equal when it comes to water.”
Yuhas lives in the ultra-wealthy enclave of Rancho Santa Fe, a bucolic Southern California hamlet of ranches, gated communities and country clubs that guzzles five times more water per capita than the statewide average. In April, after Gov. Jerry Brown called for a 25 percent reduction in water use, consumption in Rancho Santa Fe went up by 9 percent.
I’ll bet he didn’t share his toys in Kindergarten.
A bunch of elitists with a sense of self far greater than any cause. Marie Antoinette would be so proud.
“And, no, we’re not all equal when it comes to water.”
No. Cal, and So. Cal have a huge difference in precipitation patterns, why should we be forced to live like them?
This reminds me of the old Mark Twain quote: “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting for…”