It Seems Everyone is Still Pissed About the Snow!
No doubt you’ve already seen the vid above, and it’s likely you’ve experienced in real life the hassles and, perhaps, destruction the blizzard caused. So the questions coming out of local blogs as well as the papers are: 1. Is this a case of straight-up class warfare, wherein Manhattan has been favored in terms of…
No doubt you’ve already seen the vid above, and it’s likely you’ve experienced in real life the hassles and, perhaps, destruction the blizzard caused. So the questions coming out of local blogs as well as the papers are: 1. Is this a case of straight-up class warfare, wherein Manhattan has been favored in terms of snow removal at the expense of outer boroughs such as Brooklyn? 2. Even if that’s true, isn’t that more or less business as usual? 3. At the most extreme end of the spectrum, can deaths be attributed to the fact that the city appears to have been unprepared for the blizzard? 4. And, finally, does Mayor Bloomberg deserve the bulk of the blame if one considers the city’s response lacking? Several City Councilpeople are definitely jumping on this bandwagon.
I don’t see this as class warfare. Jussayin.
As for the video, it boggles the mind that the guy in the tow truck and the guy in the front loader were both sooooo stupid . . . and for sooooo long. I mean, you hit the car once, oops, my bad. But those 2 were basically playing smash-up derby.
As for attributing blame, in the words of the immortal Harry Truman, the buck stops with Bloomberg. I like Mike. I voted for him twice. But he blew this one big time IMHO. Heckuva job, Mikey!!!
I think bloomberg and his administration is totally to blame for the failure of snow removal in the entire city. it’s not class warfare
In previous storms, I recall plows running up the street all through the storm with the salt truck behind – that way they are keeping up with the snowfall. Not with this storm.
It’s an outrage that it’s day 3 and many streets out in the boros haven’t seen a plow. It’s also tragic that a newborn baby and 2 other people died in this storm due to ambulances not being able to reach those people.
Same here, Bob M. My block is half done…by a guy shoveling his car out by hand.
Class warfare????? Are you owned by Murdoch or something…Do you have any basis for such speculation or you just like to self-troll your site?
IMHO this has nothing to do with “class warfare” as Manhattan was poorly cleared as well, it is a much simpler but harder problem to fix – incompetence and neglect.
Please stop making everything into a class/racial/political matter, even if it helps your hit count it is irresponsible.
I saw a number of plow driving with their plows up-? Sanitation workers have some lingering anger over layoff and demotions – I hope that is not slowing down the snow removal.
gagneur,
The yahoos are pretty much a constant in NYC [and most everywhere else]. The yahoo (boobie?) prize goes to the Mayor and Sanitation Commissioner for
1. not declaring a snow emergency (which would have keptr a portion of the yahoos off the streets)
and
2. Not keeping up with removing the snowfall [which would have prevented most of the really persistant yahoos from getting stuck].
If it wasn’t for snow removal, New York City would have privatized the sanitation department years ago, like most cities.
As for management being a bunch of “college educated bean-counters,” all the guys (and it is all guys) I know in management came up through the ranks. Even Commissioner Doherty started on a truck.
I found most of the mayor’s explanations consistent with what I saw on the ground. As is often the case, however, his statement the first day was completely tone deaf. I think a good part of the public’s anger is at Bloomberg, not the snow.
The real problem has been the yahoos in their SUVs that thought it would be fun to drive during the snowpocolypse. I saw a guy get in his SUV during the storm then slide for a good hour before abandoning it. SUVs blocked at least 7 streets in my hood including Kent Avenue until last night. There really isn’t anything a snowplow can do when idiots abandon their cars in the middle of the street.
buy a shovel, stop bitching, get some exercise.