In a surprise find, I discovered today a follow-up story to my earlier posting about the Orem City police department and the old lady they arrested for having a ‘brown lawn’.
In today’s news, I learned that the City of Orem, my home town, chose to pursue charges against Betty Perry, who pleaded ‘innocent’ to the charges yesterday in court.
To add to the black eye my town has already endured over this strange matter, Gloria Allred jumped in the ring and assured us all that…
“Today, law enforcement in Orem has enshrined itself as the laughing stock of our country by prosecuting a 70-year-old great-grandmother for allegedly not watering her lawn,…” She apparently summarized her statement with this stinging statement: “This ill-conceived action ensures Orem’s law enforcement authorities first place in the [Guinness World Records] for stupidity.”
Don’t worry about a thing, Gloria, I’ve got you covered. Our Orem Police Department has already been fingered as Arrogant Jerks. You can read all about it here.
By virtue of this update post, I would like to include the unspecified ‘Orem City Officials’ who continued to press charges against Betty as Arrogant Jerks By Extension, to the original post.
Read the news story posted by the Salt Lake Tribune, here.
By the way, the region has come alive with color as smell of fall blows through the valley. It is truly beautiful, but doesn’t hide the fact that the field across from my office window, maintained by the city, has remained a crispy brown color for the entire summer.
What’s more: everything in Orem will be brown by the time Betty has to appear in court again, adding to the ridiculous nature of this entire situation. I hope she points out the window and asks if the ‘Orem City Officials’ are planning to ticket us all for letting our lawns go brown in the extreme October environment of the high mountains.
