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KOAT-TV.com - RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- The push is on in Rio Rancho to ban front lawns, and while at least one City Council member said it’s long overdue to help cut down on water usage, the idea isn’t sitting well with everyone. “If you pay your water bills, they should let you have whatever you want at your house,” Rio Rancho homeowner Hortnc Maffeu said. But if Rio Rancho City Councilor Michael Williams gets his way, new homeowners can kiss their front lawns goodbye. “Unfortunately, when common sense goes out the window, you have to put laws like this in effect,” Williams said. Williams is making a major push to implement lawn restrictions that include no front lawns on new homes. Only native vegetation would be allowed. He said it will help the city conserve precious water in a time of drought.
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Council Member Pushes For Front Lawn Ban
From KOAT-TV.com - RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- The push is on in Rio Rancho to ban front lawns, and while at least one City Council member said it’s long overdue to help cut down on water usage, the idea isn’t sitting well with everyone. “If you pay your water bills, they should let you have whatever you want at your house,” Rio Rancho homeowner Hortnc Maffeu said. But if Rio Rancho City Councilor Michael Williams gets his way, new homeowners can kiss their front lawns goodbye. “Unfortunately, when common sense goes out the window, you have to put laws like this in effect,” Williams said. Williams is making a major push to implement lawn restrictions that include no front lawns on new homes. Only native vegetation would be allowed. He said it will help the city conserve precious water in a time of drought. Read more
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What really needs to be done is to quit letting folks move into NM. No new people. We cannot support growth because of limited resources. It is time to tell those pushing for continued growth to leave our state. I suggest a cutoff date of 1964 for new enters unless married to a native.
This is a bit tongue in cheek. A date of 1974 is probably more realistic.
Maybe 1674 would be better. Lets nuke the place and give natives a bomb shelter and five years worth of rations.
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