Do you remember the early Nintendo video game Duck Hunt? The electronic dog scares up some electronic ducks who fly up, up and away as you shoot at them with the electronic gun. If you miss any, the dog sits up and snickers at you. I’ve electronically shot that accursed electronic dog many, many times.

David for good dogs
or else

As for training our Legislators – a bird-dog that kills the bird instead of flushing them out for a hunter has one of two futures. One is to get put down by a frustrated hunter, and the other is to become the family pet…either way, they never have a chance to hunt again.

Term limits help some of that problem, but some legislators are stubbornly stuck on Stupid, and need to go immediately with all due haste.

Sometimes I can’t help myself. Some would shut down farming to hold down the dust or to keep the tractors off “their” road. I just recommend against giving them any ideas–they sometimes don‘t recognize jokes.

AND
“Septic system owners? They are the little fish in this big pond.”

Just remember little fish are the most common fish in most ponds and contribute most to the nitrogen levels.

AND
“So we don’t need the extra “help” from the State – and we live about 5 miles from any running stream or river, so there’s little-to-no chance we are adding any pollution to the ground water. I can dig six feet down into nothing but sandy soil, dry sandy soil.”

Same here, I know because I did. Strange what one will do out of curiosity, isn’t it? I agree they seem to have mandated a “one size fits all” solution which doesn’t seem justified. Attack known problems, not assumed ones.

AND
“This is simple abuse of Power. Killing us one slice at a time, one tax at a time, with the Nanny State, the Tyranny of Good Intentions. Every legislator that voted for this lousy bill should be thrown out on his or her ear.”

I suggest you just persuade them to modify the act–maybe when the new governor takes office. If you can train the ones already in office, that might be more effective. Like you said, they have good intentions, you just doubt they would have good results.

David for perfect legislators

Don’t be a dullard. I’m not advocating farmers be checked for run-off from the fields polluting the water ways – though give the lawmakers the idea and they will start in on it if there’s a dollar there they can steal. Farmers have more acreage and therefore more runoff into the estuary system, and Industrial polluters use higher volumes of water and create more waste water than anyone else. Septic system owners? They are the little fish in this big pond.

I’m saying that those folks that have a septic system have the good common sense to treat their systems without extra help from the State, and the extra expense. When the system isn’t treated right there’s a sure and fast indicator – human sludge in a small lake in the backyard.

Our house has had a system in place for over 20 years, and has never needed a pump-out because it has been maintained properly and was designed to exceed the needs of this small house. So we don’t need the extra “help” from the State – and we live about 5 miles from any running stream or river, so there’s little-to-no chance we are adding any pollution to the ground water. I can dig six feet down into nothing but sandy soil, dry sandy soil.

This is just the Government trying to take more money out of my pocket and limited income – money they will simply waste. And contractors carving big bucks out of the “new requirement” to get checked on the Government’s Time Table. I wonder who’s brother, or uncle got helped out with THIS bill.

It’s about the little people, like me, getting squeezed by Big Government because they can squeeze us dry and we seldom cry out.

This is simple abuse of Power. Killing us one slice at a time, one tax at a time, with the Nanny State, the Tyranny of Good Intentions. Every legislator that voted for this lousy bill should be thrown out on his or her ear.

It’s about MONEY

You youngsters that can walk better march on WASHINGTON,,,,,
Or at least Charlies office!

Time to get somebodies attention…..
You have what we didn’t in the 60’s……but we still marched.

Now days you have twitter, facebook, here, all manner of ways to
organize.

In my day it was the college’s….