I don&#x27;t really like the faux-investigative tone of the article either, but it&#x27;s misleading to accuse him of calling for vigilantism. He drove around a rich neighborhood, concluded that he would not be able to knock on anyone&#x27;s door and talk about water, and then suggested a tiered tax system so that luxury use of water is discouraged, while also noting that there are additional externalities such as runoff that aren&#x27;t being accounted for.