so.. Tom Selleck wants his water for free ..Mr rightwing

[Liberal_in_LA]

Mr law and order


The suit says the water district sent cease-and-desist letters to Selleck after its investigator spotted the truck at the hydrant eight times the week of Sept. 29, 2013.

But the truck showed up again in December of that year, and was tracked as it proceeded to Selleck's property, according to the suit.

Then, on four straight days just last March, the same truck again drained tankloads of water from the construction site and delivered it to the Selleck ranch, the suit says.

The suit seeks an order forcing Selleck to stop using the district's water, plus reimbursement for the $21,685.55 it paid the investigator, with damages and other costs.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/california-drought/no-crime-found-after-suit-accuses-tom-selleck-stealing-water-n388866

[Baitball Blogger]

1. What a bum. Who knew?

[Hortensis]

51. +1. Level of public disgust is enlightening, though. Not only Californians are woking up.

[winetourdriver]

2. Stealing water

They need to make an example of this dimwit.

[CatWoman]

3. nothing like pulling yourself up by your bootstraps

[gratuitous]

22. A rising tide lifts all boats

But an evaporating water table doesn't mean wealthy people need to watch their precious lawns go brown.

[Sherman A1]

4. Interesting

I would think that this would be a simply case of theft and would include criminal prosecution, not simply a cease and desist coupled with a fine and damages.

[gratuitous]

20. That was my thought, too

The report tonight on the NBC News said there wasn't a criminal case contemplated against Selleck. It seems to me as well that when you take something without paying for it, it's theft. Let me guess, though: Selleck will blame it all on the help.

[Sherman A1]

43. Precisely

Even with attorney fees, court costs and a significant fine, it will total up to chicken feed for him. Just a cost of keeping the lawn green or the pool filled or whatever it was used to do.

[leveymg]

53. In Sweden, civil fines are income-determined. In this case, $800K would seem about right to deter

Selleck and others like him.

[shanti]

69. he has a 60 acre avocado ranch

....not that it justifies the water theft at all.

[SoCalDem]

72. Growing crops ill-suited for our climate, is a BIG part of the rpoblem

Avocados are a TROPICAL fruit.. You can get away with it when water is plentiful and you have deep pockets (or wells)..but a drought always comes along, and the trees just have to go..

For too many years, the sunshine and long growing season has led too many farmers to geow things here that should never have been taken on..

Celebrities put here get away with a lot, but stealing water is theft..

Right wingers always think they can do antything

[DiverDave]

44. There are 2 justice systems in this country

The rich get away with it, the poor go to prison.
Yes, there are some sensational cases were the rich are held accountable
but far too few. "let them eat cake" comes to mind.
I really think if things go on like this there will be a revolution.
The spark will happen.

[Sherman A1]

45. Agreed

and it is unfortunate that it is so. I hope at the very least if he loses this case the fine is very, very steep.

[City Lights]

67. Yep. Somehow I don't think it would turn out the same for me if I had

pulled a stunt like this over and over and over again.

The wealthy live by different rules.

[n2doc]

5. They need to confiscate that truck next time it us used to steal water

And keep confiscating any replacements.

[octoberlib]

6. Of course he does and fuck everybody else. I bet he sits up at night and reads Ayn Rand.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Sounds like a case for Magnum

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. yes

[DemInBuckhead]

9. "I know what you're thinking...

...and you're right. I am a giant bag of douche who thinks the law doesn't apply to me. Need to check with Higgins on this."

(My mom was a huge Magnum PI fan.)

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. I watched the show ocassionally

[pinboy3niner]

11. LOL!

I'd like to hear what TC (Roger E. Mosley) has to say about this.

[awoke_in_2003]

34. I can't shave my chest

because my wife has a longtime crush on him.

[NightWatcher]

12. I have that shirt and have been a PI for 10+ years

I'll probably be getting a minivan next month in lieu of a Ferrari.

Shows like his, the ATeam, Rockford, The Equalizer....are very dangerous for a young boy to watch.

I liked Magnum PI, but Selleck is a major rw douchenozzle.

[pinboy3niner]

13. I hear you

But I hope you're enjoying that rich guy's mansion you're living in.

[Lars39]

15. 'druther hear, "Book 'em, Danno."

[pinboy3niner]

16. I'm waiting for the literary quote from the end of Criminal Minds

[Lars39]

19. Don't know that show yet.

No tv. We binge on Netflix.

[pinboy3niner]

23. Good show, good cast

Will be coming to Netflix soon. If SyFy doesn't beat them with CriminalMindsnado.

[Lars39]

27. Heh, it could happen!

SyFy could rework Romper Room into a vampire flick.

[pinboy3niner]

29. I'm waiting for Mister Rogers' Chamber of Horrors

We probably should end this now, the possibilities are too vast.

[xmas74]

57. I would watch a CriminalMindsnado.

That would be awesome.

[NBachers]

18. Driver identified as one A. Martin

[pinboy3niner]

21. Angel was always 50/50

[NBachers]

24. Rockford's ready to kill him right now

[pinboy3niner]

25. What else is new?

[Jack Rabbit]

35. Magnum -- you mean he PI who habitually drinks beer at 10 am?

??

[pinboy3niner]

36. My kind of P.I.

[yuiyoshida]

59. Ya'now I really liked that show...

Maybe cause I am part Hawaiian, and my family was three generations there including my grandfather who was fully Hawaiian. But ..I can't believe he did this! Holy crap! Rick and TC should kick his ass!!!

[pinboy3niner]

60. If Higgins were around, he could unleash the lads, Zeus and Apollo :)

[yuiyoshida]

61. oh yeah!

I forgot about them!

[KamaAina]

64. They actually did send a P.I. after him

wonder if they brought him in from Hawai'i?

[Cha]

71. Or Frank Reagan

[lonestarnot]

14. Not only does he want it, he has stolen it a couple of times apparently. Rat bastard.

[avaistheone1]

41. Selleck has been stealing water and ripping the citizens of the Ventura County water district

for several years.

He is certainly not the man he pretends to be.

[UTUSN]

17. Mr RightWing ENTITLED!1 n/t

[valerief]

26. That's what Republicans like Selleck do. They take, take, take. nt

[pinboy3niner]

28. Oppose his views, still like him in 'Blue Bloods'

I happen to like some other rightwing actors, too. Kelsey Grammer, anyone?

[LoveMyCali]

30. Me too

I've tried to hate Kelsey Grammer but come on, Frasier is a great show and I still like Magnum PI and Blue Bloods.

I have somehow justified never watching anything with Patricia Heaton in it again.

[pinboy3niner]

33. I hated Heaton in Raymond, but love her in The Middle

Same with Grammer. I didn't like him in Cheers, but loved him in Frasier.

[restorefreedom]

63. what is heaton's deal?

not that i am a huge fan but now i am curious.

[Kenjie]

31. Kelsey Grammer has made me laugh on occasion.

Maybe I'm a bad person but this clip gets me.

I liked watching Frasier from time to time.

[pinboy3niner]

38. That's kind of mean

You have to admit he was great in Frasier. Helped, of course, by a great supporting cast. I also loved Niles, epecially in what some critics called the funniest 7 minutes on television...the Valentine's Day episode when Niles has prepared a gourmet dinner in Frasier's apartment and is waiting for his date to arrive...

[raouldukelives]

47. Ugh. I just can't anymore.

There are so few I like anyway, but invariably I wind up finding the ones I do like are giant douches.

Grew up on Eastwood and Wayne. Freaking Magnum, Dukes of Hazard, Cosby Show and Frasier were staples.
Used to laugh at Dennis Miller and Victoria Jackson.

So glad I haven't had cable TV in a decade. From what little I see, I can only imagine the depths of the ugliness behind many of the cheery facades.

[tularetom]

54. He's a jerk but Blue Bloods is actually a pretty good show

But Kelsey Grammer

Chuck Norris:

[JackInGreen]

32. Don't you people realize

That his mustache alone requires 50 gallons a day to be so full and virile? It's a national treasure.

[asjr]

37. I loved watching Magnum! At the time I had a night shirt with

Tom Selleck on it. I used to tell my lady friends that "last night I slept with Tom Selleck". But when I learned he was a Republican I never wore that night shirt again. I must have been really stupid. Besides that mustache he has should be gray. He will never be Magnum again.

[Unknown Beatle]

39. And to think he was the first choice to play Indiana Jones.

His contract with CBS prevented him from playing Indy.

The RW actor that I like is Gary Sinise. I very much dislike Angie Harmon and I will not watch any show with her in it.

[LompocDem]

40. I look like him

The past 30 or so years I've heard that I look like Selleck a ton of times. My usual reply is that I'm his younger and much poorer and less hairy brother. I never knew of his political leanings and was actually kinda happy to look like him, until now. I liked the roles he played on both small and big screens. What a scumbag, I'm glad that my graying hair and mustache have stopped those comparisons now.

[pinboy3niner]

42. LOL!

Welcome to DU!

My little brother lived in Lompoc for many years, and his widow is still there, over toward the mission.

[LompocDem]

70. Been reading DU for 10+ years

I'm just here to use the info gathered by this site to counter all the RW BS that is thrown at me from my RW friends. Then when I quote some of the facts that I gather from DU that are counter to their beliefs I get a Big Ass Grin on my mug and let them stew on those facts. It's hard, at times, to let them spew those points and not react with rage, but sometimes friendship and relationships transcends their stupidity!

[Stellar]

46. He must be a relative of Cliven Bundy...

you know the guy that fed his cattle on government land and they sent him a cease-and-desist letter. I guess that's just the republic0ns thinking....'f*** this country. I can do what I want because I'm a republic0n and rules were made for democrats.

[Octafish]

48. Rightwing Freeloader

Basic to the Western mentality: Big Shot gets deed to major lands stolen from Native Americans to graze cows to sell for profit.

What's not to like?

[Blue_Adept]

49. Supposedly the sheriff's dept looked into it and found nothing

Could be true, could not be true. But let's all jump on the bandwagon!

[Liberal_in_LA]

50. Tom Selleck reaches tentative settlement over water drama

http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2015/07/10/tom-selleck-reaches-settlement-over-water-drama/

[Paladin]

52. $21K=Chump change to NRA board member Selleck.

That's about half of the price of one of those custom-made English shotguns Selleck likes to collect. Yet another right-wing scofflaw.

[Liberal_in_LA]

55. yeah but now we'll remember his water stealing when he gets political

http://hollowverse.com/tom-selleck/

He is a libertarian

[Paladin]

56. I think he and Cliven Bundy need to develop a relationship.

Seems to me they have a lot in common.....

[madinmaryland]

58. Typical Teabagger. "I got mine, fuck everyone else." nt

[NCjack]

62. Tommie is a self-described "compassionate conservative" who just got caught

practicing "trickle up" economics.

[PoliticAverse]

65. Oops: Officials now say the water was actually legally purchased...

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026961654

[Liberal_in_LA]

66. wow. and one of their spokesperson was on radio yesterday still claiming he was stealing water

[PoliticAverse]

68. There appears to be different units of government involved - one sold the rights to water....

to the company that was using it, the other government unit apparently was unaware of this.

I don't think we have all the details on the story yet. The 'settlement' mentioned in the stories
is apparently going to be approved (and perhaps revealed) next week.