Thursday, January 14, 2010
CA -- the Leader in Nannystatism
so proud
Here’s a little regulation with the force of Law dreamed up by our CA Air Resources Board [CARB] [ Hey - whaddya expect when the Tax Board is called The State Board of Equalization, eh?]
See, CA has these Boards. The members are unelected—appointed by the legislature—and unaccountable to The People; or, for that matter, to the Legislature. No, rly. Each Board member is required to attend 4, maybe 5 meetings a year and is paid upward of $120K/year. With full staff—many of whom make $80K a year for “executive assistant” jobs. More for “teh specialists.”
These Boards govern things like Air and Water and each Board can write as many dumb “regulations” as it wants. Each “regulation” has the full force of Law, but, unless you run afoul of one, you’ll never know they’re being considered or passed. Nifty, eh?
There is a legal requirement of a “public comment period,” but unless you watch ‘em like a hawk—yeah… I got that kind of time—this stuff slides right by.
Chris Reed of SignOnSanDiego was acting like a journalist and watching like a hawk. He turned to the John & Ken Show audience who filled the comment forms so vociferously that, within 28 hours of the comment period opening, they shut the dang thing down and re-wrote the “regulation.”
Well—that’s one.
We [by “We” I mean the forces of common sense, physics and the Citizenry] had another victory over the Water Resources Board recently when it wanted to force everyone with a septic system into ridiculous, ineffective annual testing [including your well][all already covered by local Health Boards]. They also wanted to make over half of the folks install a brand new, $48,000 mound system—which, according to the hundreds of septic system professional engineers who “commented”, is the system most likely to fail. [who know there were hundreds of septic system engineers around?!?] This is the kind of brilliance that is handed to us at least quarterly by $180,000/year “engineers” who “know better” how we should live our lives.
It’s amazing how quickly they back down when the light of day hits them—and about 2,500 spittin’ mad regular folks show up and holler at them. And laugh at ‘em—which was the part I enjoyed most. The “engineer” fella said “This is not a tax.” and a hall full of 2500 folks laughed like it was a comedy club for at least a full minute. Made the “engineer” fella kinda pissy for the next 6 hours of “comments."
This is what they had proposed for you and your tires:
By July 1, 2010, all automotive service providers are required to:
(A) check and inflate each vehicle’s tires to the vehicle manufacturer’s recommended pressure with air or pure nitrogen, as appropriate, at the time of performing any automotive maintenance or repair service; and
[note: *vehicle* manufacturer—not *tire* manufacturer. hm...]
(B) indicate on the vehicle service invoice that a tire inflation service was completed and the tire pressure measurements after the service was performed....
(E) keep a copy of the vehicle service invoice for a minimum of three years, and make the vehicle service invoice available to ARB, [Air Resources Board]
(F) provide documentation of the vehicle service invoice to authorized enforcement personnel upon demand…
...
an automotive service provider need not perform the check and inflate service if:
... the Customer ...provides documentation that the tires
have received a check and inflate service within the preceding 30 days...
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.
They rescinded the “documentation” part to make it a “declaration” by the customer, which, presumably, removes the fine and jail term for improperly inflated tires.
Kinda gives a new perspective on O’Bambi’s kerfluffle on the campaign trail about “inflating your tires,” duzzin’t it? What’s that old saying… As goes California, so goes the Nation Yeah ... that’s the one.
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