Good chance he'd been up for 20 hours trying to clear snow in other places too. Side streets like that aren't exactly the first on the list to get done.

Good chance he'd been up for 20 hours trying to clear snow in other places too. Side streets like that aren't exactly the first on the list to get done.

Don't they declare snow emergencies and if u park in the street it's at your own risk of damage to your vehicle?

So what? Is being able to clear the streets without destroying cars an unreasonable expectation?

In New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie is under fire for taking a holiday at Disney World in central Florida while his state is reeling in the aftermath of the storm.

Sure as long as you don't mind waiting for days before the roads are clear. Fact is that you can't clear that much snow from that big a city in a reasonable timeframe without long long days. In the end the couple guys that make some bad decisions in their frustrations of dealing with stupid drivers and obstacles all day long is easily cheaper than the effects of waiting the longer time to get the roads cleared making sure that everyone only works a normal shift.

Then there's the part where everyone's going to ***** about taxes because of the huge stress these storms are putting on cities budgets.

Standards for competence, Raf. I'm pretty sure you could train somebody with reasonably low intelligence to perform such a task with pride and care.

In other news, I'm preparing a proposal to submit to the Federal Gov't to install a giant, subterranean street cleaning system. It will consist of robotic arms that come out of trap doors in the sidewalk, gently lift cars off the street, and then intense heating coils that will flash the snow to running water for the sewers (also now heated) to drain. Once the asphalt has cooled back down below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the cars will be lowered back down.

It will be expensive, and incredibly labor intensive, but think of all the jobs it'll create with my anticipated cost of 800 billion dollars! And we'll avoid these economy-killing labor strikes that are costing the city however many millions.