Weird case against Tom Selleck settled.

[Wyatt Burp]

After having been accused of stealing water from hydrants using a water tanker truck to water his avocado crop, the case was settled. Every article tried to give the impression that Tom Selleck was personally seen 12 or so times stealing water from hydrants. But apparently he had a legal permit to purchase water from water vendors or local construction companies who legally get the water from hydrants. The city statement is: "Jay Spurgin, director of public works for Thousand Oaks, said water sourced from the hydrant described in the complaint was legally purchased during the last two years." But they really tried hard to make Tom Selleck look bad, and those who hate him will use this forever against him.

 

[loknload]

Isn't it amazing how people in the press, in the government, can twist the facts of a story to tell you the story that they want you to hear and dirty someone's name. They get away with this nonsense every day? I thought there were laws against this?
Wasn't Brian Williams just hung out to dry for telling bogus stories?

 

[16thVACav]

Selleck is gun guy, which makes him a target of the liberal press. They won't pass up an opportunity to drag his name through the mud.

 

[rog8732]

I would bet Mr Selleck COULD drive a tanker truck if he wanted to; but, I would bet an even greater amount he DID NOT.

Along with many other situations in this country, water rights and usage in some states, (maybe most) is going to get a lot of attention very soon.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Selleck is gun guy, which makes him a target of the liberal press. They won't pass up an opportunity to drag his name through the mud.

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

 

[Arik]

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

That's what I'm thinking. It was more the case of a well known name attached to the incident. If those trucks were going to my house there wouldn't even be a thought of a story

 

[shouldazagged]

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

I agree. Famous actor, therefore rich, so let's try to get a huge chunk of all that money by suing him on bogus grounds.

I'd bet greed was the motivation rather than the fact that Selleck is "a gun guy".

I'm sure a lot of celebrities who anti-gun have been dragged into civil court the same way.

Sleazy greed has always been with us.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

As he has done throughout his career Mr. Selleck has handled this little nonsense situation with class.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

I bet he's been seen playing golf also. The shame of it all.

 

[BC38]

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

You're joking, right? Not aware? As many times as his conservative views - including his stand on 2nd amendment issues - have been aired in interviews?

Sorry, but thinking that his political views weren't considered when the decision was made about how to slant this story seems rather naive.

 

[LostintheOzone]

That water thingy is going to put a real hurt on everyone in CA. It won't matter how much money you have or who you know or even how many oscars you've won, if they don't send it you're tap ain't going to deliver it. Might be a good time to buy some tanker trucks. In 10 years S. CA. is going to be a desert just like it used to be a few hundred years ago. All those golf courses will be sand dunes.

 

[WR Moore]

Back in the late 1980's I was working in southern California. There was a water shortage then too. No washing cars, no watering the lawn, eateries didn't serve water unless you asked for it etc. Lotta "shower with a friend" tee shirts for sale.

One morning I headed out to work earlier than usual, heading south on I-5. To my great surprise, there were sprinklers on the sides of the Interstate hard at work watering the plants.

I'd kind of expected that the state would have been ecologically sensitive enough to use plants that could survive without artificial assistance. But, I wasn't raised in California.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

The city spent $22,000 on a private investigator (!!) to nail Selleck stealing water. Gee, I thought the police just investigate something and either find a crime or not. And again, all the articles painted the image of Selleck himself blatantly filling a tanker truck with hydrant water over and over. But as soon as the matter is settled and the city says he had a permit to purchase the water, the story is dropped with no exoneration for him or explanation of the facts.

 

[zzzippper]

After having been accused of stealing water from hydrants using a water tanker truck to water his avocado crop, the case was settled. Every article tried to give the impression that Tom Selleck was personally seen 12 or so times stealing water from hydrants. But apparently he had a legal permit to purchase water from water vendors or local construction companies who legally get the water from hydrants. The city statement is: "Jay Spurgin, director of public works for Thousand Oaks, said water sourced from the hydrant described in the complaint was legally purchased during the last two years." But they really tried hard to make Tom Selleck look bad, and those who hate him will use this forever against him.

I'm still confused. He buys it from vendors or construction companies but do they buy it from the city? Are they selling water that they get for free?

This makes me feel marginally better about Selleck but he is still a self-entitled rich person. My granddaughter has to play in a dirt yard because they can't water the grass that is now long gone.

Flame on boys!

 

[handejector]

I doubt the press is even aware of Selleck's position on guns. In any case, they would do better to after golf course operators. Those dudes use up some serious groundwater.

Au contraire, I would bet they are very aware.
He speaks very plainly about his position.
He attends the big shows. I met him at Tulsa a few shows back.
Many shows slide the anti-gun propaganda into the script- the subtle, almost subliminal message that guns cause the pain, the hurt, the destruction.
I don't see that in his shows when he has control.

I gotta ask, though- with his money, WHY is he farming?

 

[Absalom]

You all should read the story before getting all in a huff.

Selleck did take or had water taken from a neighboring water district against the law, continued after the water district had sent him a cease-and-desist order, the case wasn't dropped or bogus, and he settled with the water district, which is quite different from implying that it was all made up. He wasn't exonerated.

It all sounds pretty routine, basically he ran afoul of a law that prohibits transfers of drinking water outside the boundaries of water districts, and the permit of the construction company to purchase that water had been cancelled some time before when someone realized that.

But of course the media couldn't resist the temptation of "Magnum PI" being investigated by a real PI, and hyped a regulatory enforcement action into a crime drama.

Using this to turn Selleck into a martyr of government persecution because of his pro-gun views seems equally overblown. In this context, he's no more than a rich guy watering his hobby ranch.
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[Wyatt Burp]

I'm still confused. He buys it from vendors or construction companies but do they buy it from the city? Are they selling water that they get for free?

This makes me feel marginally better about Selleck but he is still a self-entitled rich person. My granddaughter has to play in a dirt yard because they can't water the grass that is now long gone.

Flame on boys!

He's not entitled to buy the water. He's just a pretty successful guy who can afford to buy it and he pays for it. There were other issues about this like new water meter use and other things involved here. But I don't feel entitled because I can afford S&Ws while other people can only afford cheap guns.
EDIT: According to the L.A. Times it sounds there might be some exoneration due Selleck..."The Ventura County Sheriff's Department reviewed the allegations and was unable to establish that a crime had occurred, according to a department spokesman." That sounds pretty plain to me.

 

[Marshwheeling]

with his money, WHY is he farming?

If I had any money, I'd be farming too - have a place for my aussies to run. Plus, I hear the gummint subsidies can be quite lucrative.

 

[Arik]

I get what some of you are saying but I just don't see it. He is so off the Holleywood radar that I don't think tje media pays attention to him much if at all. Yes he does the NRA shows and he owns guns but it's so low key. He's not out in front advertising anything on TV or promoting anything in public. The guy makes one show and grows avocados. His claim to fame, what he's most know for is Magnum PI and that was a long time ago. IMO it's news only cause he's known. I bet if it was a more famous celebrity it would have been all over the news.

 

[zzzippper]

He's not entitled to buy the water. He's just a pretty successful guy who can afford to buy it and he pays for it. There were other issues about this like new water meter use and other things involved here. But I don't feel entitled because I can afford S&Ws while other people can only afford cheap guns.
EDIT: According to the L.A. Times it sounds there might be some exoneration due Selleck..."The Ventura County Sheriff's Department reviewed the allegations and was unable to establish that a crime had occurred, according to a department spokesman." That sounds pretty plain to me.

Water and guns are not the same thing. Most people need water in order to live. It is apples and avocados, and you can't water your apples because he is watering his avocados.