What common good?

Here's what happens when you get too many right-wing ideologues in one place:

Calgary's mayor says city residents must conserve water or the city will shut off the taps.

Dave Bronconnier is angry that water usage actually increased in Alberta's largest city after an appeal to cut back in the wake of weekend flooding...

The city has already been forced to ban outdoor water use and anyone caught watering their lawn, outdoor plants or washing off driveways could be fined up to $2,000. Water rationing is the next step.

Wonder if we can take a few lessons from this. For example, that voluntary individual compliance isn't generally a viable means of altering behaviour on environmental matters. Nah - it'll all be forgotten by the time the floods subside.