in the sierra foothills in northern california lies the little town of colfax, population 1,800 with a median household income of about $35,000. over the last several years this little town has been utterly plundered by regulatory and litagatory excesses that have pushed this little town to the edge of bankruptcy and ravaged families. you see, they operate a small waste water treatment plant. because it does so it operates within the provisions of the clean water act, a measure adopted in 1972 and rooted in legitimate concerns to protect our vital water resources. the problem is that predatory environmental law firms have now discovered how to take unconscionable advantage of that law to reap windfall profits at the expense of working class families like the town's people of colfax. in the case of colfax an environmental law firm demanded every document pertaining to the water treatment plant from the date of its inception. it then poured over those documents looking for any possible violation, including mere paperwork errors. by law those documents include self-monitoring reports by

hagerstown and callbacks 59 degrees -- hagerstown and colfax, 59 degrees. cold front coming our way. by tomorrow, you'll notice the colder air. along the trailing front this is an area of rain down around mississippi. there is birmingham, alabama. that will be coming through us as we get to tomorrow night. here we are in washington. there you can see that overall pattern changed. that will mean there will be an area of low pressure coming to ourselves. overnight tonight, temperatures will drop into the 50's. when you get up and head out tomorrow morning, it will be in the 40's, and by tomorrow afternoon, there is that little area of low pressure scurrying to the south. down in to st. mary's county, it is likely you will see some rain showers, and watch as that mix expands. this is 11:00 to midnight and around washington. there are signs that may be a little bit of light snow, but with a ground war, no accumulation. then everything races out of here. by the time we get to saturday, it will be pretty chilly. another little ripple coming through could give us