Positive ways to promote lawn care

Lately it seems like much of the crime report column consists of reports about people who haven’t mowed their laws. This is an interesting way to compel neighbors to conform their property to arbitrary standards with no consideration of the fact that it has rained almost every day for weeks, making it difficult to mow.

I’d like to suggest a couple of other ways to achieve yard compliance: how about if the victims of this crime beautify their own yards as an inspiration to everyone, or while the complainants are out measuring grass blades and counting weeds they could knock on the culprit’s door and offer to help beautify the property. They could organize a contest where the nicest block would receive a special party paid for by a weed and pest control grant, even the most hardened lawn care criminal would participate in order to receive the award.

Personally, I would like to send the injured party(s) a bill for my tax dollars that are being wasted sending highly trained law enforcement professionals with guns and badges to my neighbors’ door to investigate calls that are petty and frivolous.