Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
UPDATE - The government is going to regulate your lawnmower
By Mary Lazich
Friday, Sep 12 2008, 10:01 AM
Folks, you can’t make this stuff up.
Last week, I blogged that the EPA has approved a rule that will have the federal government regulating your lawnmower.
A reader identified as GENO53151 left the following comment on my blog:
“I am going to open a business to sell goats. We can save gas, reduce pollution, and have organic fertilization at the same time our lawns are being maintained. Can I get a state grant to start up my business??”
I am pretty sure Geno intended to be funny. In California, it seems this issue is taken very seriously.
Take a look at these photos posted on zimbio.com:
Goat-keeper George Gonzales watches over a herd of 100 South African Boer goats chew on tough weeds and dry grasses to clear a steep hillside lot near the Angels Flight funicular railroad on September 9, 2008 in the Bunker Hill high-rise district of downtown Los Angeles, California. Leaders of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency rented the goats as an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to using gas-powered weed-whacker-wielding humans. Human workers would have charged as much as $7,500 to clear the 2.5 acre Angels Knoll lot. The goats cost only about $3,000 and there will be no overtime charges. An additional 50 goats will be added to the herd soon to complete the job in the next week-10 days. (Photos by David McNew/Getty Images North America)
Truth is stranger than fiction!
