council requirements for ratepayers to mow their lawns, often accompanied by threats of fines of up to $5000 if they fail to comply. The reasons given by the councils are usually relating to 'fire risk' or 'encouraging rats', both of which could possibly be regarded as hazards, were it not that there is little evidence that long lawns do either of those things. Indeed the 'fire risk' excuse has been used against the owner of a house that had already been burned down by arson, and next door to a field of dry hay (which might have posed a greater risk), and the 'rat' excuse has been used by a council that itself failed to clear or keep tidy land that it owned itself just down the road.作者: 八味天红丸 时间: 2020-11-2 12:48:57