there are remedies if you have enough 'sand';

One of the signposts along the road that hints that maybe the quiet country place you chose to retreat to is becoming a place you may have to retreat from cropped up the other day in my quiet country place. Specifically, at the “green boxes” – as us locals call the big green garbage bins where we go to dump our . . . garbage. This being free – in the sense that we don’t pay the trash collectors directly. Rather, it is paid for via the property taxes we’re forced to pay.

At least we get something for our money.

Well, now we’re getting something else: Smile – you’re on closed-circuit camera!

The county government erected a totem pole with a camera, the better for the government see and keep track of who comes and who goes. Ostensibly, this was done to identify the handful of people who abuse the honor system by dumping things like old engines (filled with oil) and construction debris (such as tons of old roofing shingles) that you’re supposed to haul to the dump.

But everyone is identified.........more......