Comments on: Attention People From Colder Climes: Shut Up. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:24:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: xlprq http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-448680 xlprq Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:37:40 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15028#comment-448680 Meha -- Mayor Daley has NOTHING to do with snow removal in the suburbs. NOTHING! That's why they are not part of the city of Chicago. They have their own governments with their own mayors (or village board presidents) who set their own budgets to remove or not remove snow. Daley can be blamed for a lot of problems, but not any of the suburban ones. Geez, a basic history or civics class would have explained that. Meha -- Mayor Daley has NOTHING to do with snow removal in the suburbs. NOTHING! That's why they are not part of the city of Chicago. They have their own governments with their own mayors (or village board presidents) who set their own budgets to remove or not remove snow. Daley can be blamed for a lot of problems, but not any of the suburban ones. Geez, a basic history or civics class would have explained that.

]]> By: randomduck http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-448338 randomduck Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:34:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15028#comment-448338 DDOT has enough equipment, for sure. But they have the most inept, untrained drivers who don't know how to properly assess, pre-treat, plow and clean the roads. You'd think that the blizzard of January 2003 would've pushed DDOT to train their drivers. During and after that storm, I witnessed many DDOT plow drivers look at snowed-in roads and decide to pass them by - a move that eventually necessitated bringing in New Jersey DOT plows, fresh off their expedient clearing of Jersey's roads, to finish the job down here. What DDOT couldn't manage in 9 days took 48 hours for NJ plows to finish. The amount of DC money wasted on plow drivers cowering in fear and ineptitude was crazy. Since then, we really haven't had any challenges of that magnitude, but that's no excuse for DDOT not learning how to properly use the tools they already have. DDOT has enough equipment, for sure. But they have the most inept, untrained drivers who don't know how to properly assess, pre-treat, plow and clean the roads. You'd think that the blizzard of January 2003 would've pushed DDOT to train their drivers. During and after that storm, I witnessed many DDOT plow drivers look at snowed-in roads and decide to pass them by - a move that eventually necessitated bringing in New Jersey DOT plows, fresh off their expedient clearing of Jersey's roads, to finish the job down here. What DDOT couldn't manage in 9 days took 48 hours for NJ plows to finish. The amount of DC money wasted on plow drivers cowering in fear and ineptitude was crazy.

Since then, we really haven't had any challenges of that magnitude, but that's no excuse for DDOT not learning how to properly use the tools they already have.

]]> By: Meha http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-448332 Meha Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15028#comment-448332 Just for the record, Mayor Richard Daley pretty much put the kabosh this year on street cleaning in Chicago, ESPECIALLY the suburbs, where so many families--and their school-attending children--live. We had some of the worst snow storms on record, and hardly saw a snow truck to clear the streets. And the suburbs were the worst, but kids still got to school. Just....drive slower. Because if school gets to be cancelled, all offices should close, too, so parents can stay home with their kids. But I know people in Washington, D.C. are working today, right? Just for the record, Mayor Richard Daley pretty much put the kabosh this year on street cleaning in Chicago, ESPECIALLY the suburbs, where so many families--and their school-attending children--live. We had some of the worst snow storms on record, and hardly saw a snow truck to clear the streets. And the suburbs were the worst, but kids still got to school. Just....drive slower. Because if school gets to be cancelled, all offices should close, too, so parents can stay home with their kids. But I know people in Washington, D.C. are working today, right?

]]> By: Michael J. West http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-448317 Michael J. West Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:03:22 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15028#comment-448317 Appropriately enough, I had just seen this in my RSS feed and came here to write "Hey, you know who should read this? A certain former CP Arts Editor who shall remain nameless..." Appropriately enough, I had just seen this in my RSS feed and came here to write "Hey, you know who should read this? A certain former CP Arts Editor who shall remain nameless..."

]]> By: Mark Athitakis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/28/attention-people-from-colder-climes-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-448296 Mark Athitakis Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:36:39 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15028#comment-448296 You call that complaining, Andrew? You should come to Chicago sometime... You call that complaining, Andrew? You should come to Chicago sometime...

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