Tom Selleck Accused of Public Water Theft

[JI7]

Source: hollywood reporter

Tom Selleck appears to be in hot water.

Calleguas Municipal Water District filed suit against the actor and wife Jillie Mack on Monday, claiming he used a public hydrant to fill a commercial water truck on 12 different occasions, according to Courthouse News Service.

With the state of California suffering through a serious drought, the water district says that it saw the truck fill up from a hydrant at a Thousand Oaks construction site and then take seven trips in September and October 2013 into the Hidden Valley area that is believed to be Selleck's residence.

Court documents allege that the Blue Bloods star continued filling his tanker even after cease-and-desist notices were sent to two of his Southern California homes.



Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-selleck-accused-public-water-807281

[virtualobserver]

1. YEP, he's a real Republican n/t

[merrily]

5. Yep. but also a huge celebrity. They get so much money and adulation, some of them begin to believe

they really are special and meant to have anything and everything they want.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. you mean someone saw me?

[merrily]

4. His stylist really needs to persuade him to replace those sunglasses.

Sorry to be so superficial.

[restorefreedom]

10. you were just saying

what many must be thinking

[dbackjon]

15. Are you saying a fat person can't be attractive?

[wordpix]

16. doesn't turn me on, it's a health thing

but you're welcome to whatever

[dbackjon]

25. Skinny people are very unattractive and unhealthy

See, goes both ways

[OrwellwasRight]

39. What does fat have to do with wearing

ugly sunglasses?

[merrily]

19. Not my meaning. I am not fat, but have a roundish shaped face.

Narrow glasses or shades just don't look right on me. His are so narrow you can almost see the outer corner of his eyes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. Yup, much too narrow. Unflattering color too

The eye should be centered in the lenses. Too wide makes your eyes look closer set. Too narrow and it just looks weird.

[merrily]

21. Exactly. I wish you could come with me when I shop for shades!

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. I've worn glasses for 50 years

I finally figured my problem with getting glasses that are flattering. I have close set eyes and I'd try on glasses that are just too wide. Once I figured out the problem, I started buying my glasses online.

[merrily]

28. Good to know. I've never bought online.

I'm lucky enough to have a friend who used to be a stylist of sorts, though. More of a personal shopper, I guess. She has a very good eye for what looks good on someone.

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. You'll need your PD - Pupillary Distance

It's the distance from the middle of one pupil to the middle of the other. If you wear prescription lenses, you should be able to get it from your optometrist. If not, there are ways to measure it yourself. For an adult, the PD is usually between 55 and 65 mm. My PD is 56, so it's at the low end. Other than that, a general rule is people with round faces should wear angular frames and people with squarish, angular faces should wear rounded or oval frames.

My favorite online suppliers are:

Zennioptical.com

Eyebuydirect.com

Coastal.com

[merrily]

40. Wow. Thanks for all that info. I am bookmarking your post.

[KansDem]

30. That's Magnum! I thought it was Higgins at first...

[merrily]

3. For something like this, nailing a celebrity gets a lot of publicity and puts some fear

of breaking the law into some members of the public. At the same time, though, in "Hollywood," one could easily make a scruffy looking lawn or one adorned with plants that need very little water a badge of honor, the thing to emulate, like driving an electric car or a hybrid. They ought to be doing both. Maybe even giving a real estate break to those with grass free "lawns."

It's really amazing how cavalier people are about this. Then again, maybe it isn't.

[Sam_Fields]

6. Well Tom pays more in property taxes so he should get a pass

God only blesses the 1% and their friends.

[OakCliffDem]

7. " claiming he used a public hydrant to fill a commercial water truck "

Soon there will be a way to 'prove' Selleck was stealing water.

A state task force will look at equipping every new vehicle in Oregon with a Global Positioning System to record every mile driven and where.

When Selleck's water tanker has to pay its road taxes by GPS recorded mileage, then law enforcement will be able to see which fire hydrants it stopped at. There will be no "claims" or "alleged" when evidence exists.

[Travis_0004]

9. Does Tom personally own the water truck??

Or did he hire a company to deliver water, and that company stole it.

If Tom was actually driving, or his company owned the vehicles, I would say he is responsible.

But if he paid to have water delievered, I don't think he is responsible if it was not paid for, the subcontractor is responsible.

[hughee99]

31. Sweet. TMZ will love this if it ever comes to Southern California.

It's important that the government knows where your car is at every moment of the day. Someone would call it a gross invasion of privacy, but it's okay, the government just wants the information so it can make you pay for all your traveling. They promise the data won't be used for other purposes and will be completely secure.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. YOu wouldn't believe the comments from the article

Complete right-wing nut jobs! Unbelievable that people can be that vicious and brain-dead.
.

[restorefreedom]

12. we need to remember

that water is not a human right. it is one of the spoils of being in the ruling class.

[Rose Siding]

17. LA Times article comments are mostly not supportive

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tom-selleck-water-complaint-20150707-story.html#panel=comments

[Historic NY]

11. Get caught in my town in Ny and its a fine of 5k to start with...

we had landscapers hooking into hydrants to water their jobs.

[wordpix]

14. No doubt Tommy Dimpleton wants to fill his swimming pool

A bunch of repuke idiots, some of these "stars." You happen to luck out and are born gorgeous with dimples and that makes you million$. What a crazy society

[riversedge]

18. LA Times has a story also.......I do not understand why they just cannot

arrest him --or his workers on the spot??

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tom-selleck-water-complaint-20150707-story.html





......Before filing the complaint, the water district tried to get Selleck to halt the unlawful water deliveries. In November 2013, Calleguas sent cease-and-desist letters to both Selleck’s home and an Avenue of the Stars address that’s linked to the property, according to court papers.

As recently as March 2015, the water truck was spotted filling up at the same hydrant and delivering water to Selleck’s estate on four separate days, according to the complaint.

In addition to legal fees and investigative costs, the water district is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction barring Selleck and his contractors or employees from taking water from the Calleguas district.

A representative for Selleck could not be reached for comment.

For breaking news in California, follow @MattHjournoMattHjourno.

[Paladin]

22. Yet another right-wing mooching scofflaw.

If Selleck and Cliven Bundy don't have a mutual admiration society set up yet, they ought to......

[packman]

23. Remember the gas crisis back in the 70's

Cars in hours long lines to get gas, odd/even license plate days for rationing, dollar limits on how much you could buy, inflated prices. Well, John Denver ( who I admired and thought of as "one of us&quot filled up a tanker with capacity in the thousands and had it pumped into his underground tanks in one of his mountain homes. Made it clear the difference between "them" and "us".

The rich will never suffer from such plebeian things as water, food, or energy shortages.

[LoisB]

24. Just closed my account with Arrowhead (in California).

[shenmue]

27. Smug piece of shit

[Shrike47]

29. I think this kind of thing will become more common with water rationing. The rich will cheat.

[NuclearDem]

33. That mustache requires a lot of water!

[Sunlei]

34. so the 'commercial water truck' stole the water he bought from them?

[Ruby the Liberal]

35. A dozen commercial truckloads of water?

Is he opening his own lake? Building a private golf course?

[Sunlei]

41. people buy truckloads of water in that area of the country all the time.

people also pay commercial businesses to haul away waste.

Sometimes those businesses are criminal and steal water to sell or dump toxic solutions right into storm sewers.

[miyazaki]

36. Maybe for his avacado groves

pretty sure he grows them there. maybe that's the culprit.

[Elwood P Dowd]

37. Are 90% of the readers of that site a bunch of racists repuke jerks?

Sure looks that way in the comments section.

[Stinky The Clown]

38. Tom, you want water? Here ya go.

Ya fuck.