Rocky, Antonio -- All Wet

In case you missed it, there's a great story in today's Times about how our city's proudly green leaders, who preach water conservation, actually use far more water than the rest of us:

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa challenged residents this summer to "change course" and slash their water use by 10% in the face of a historic drought.

But records show that the mayor and several other top city officials have long been heavy water users themselves.

In Villaraigosa's case, even if he had made a 10% reduction at the two homes where he has lived since winning election in 2005, he still would have used nearly twice as much water as comparable properties in the vicinity.

City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo and Councilman Tony Cardenas surpassed the mayor, using more than twice the number of gallons over the last two years as typical property owners in their parts of town.

Wow, who knew that Antonio was planting all 1 million of those new trees in his backyard?

Also noteworthy are these two details:

Villaraigosa said he did not notice increases in his water bill because his wife handled that chore. "I didn't have access to those bills," he said.

He blames it on it Corina, natch. Then there are the Delgadillos:

During that period, Delgadillo's water service was shut off briefly after he and his wife failed to pay their utility bill.

Puts the whole insurance scandal into perspective, no? Apparently this is a recurring problem.