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Received a foot or so of snow Sunday and it's snowing now with another 10 inches or so and maybe more on Saturday.
Sidewalks are in desperate shape and most secondary streets narrowed to one lane. Now one clown city councilor is on tv suggesting we should all get out and not only shovel our sidewalks, but also help neighbours do same. This is one of the jackass councilors who voted last year to add an extra charge on our city taxes and have a private company do all the sidewalk cleaning. We, the taxpayers, had no say in the change. I know where I'd like to place my shovel. |
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On 3/17/2015 10:17 PM, True North wrote:
Received a foot or so of snow Sunday and it's snowing now with another 10 inches or so and maybe more on Saturday. Sidewalks are in desperate shape and most secondary streets narrowed to one lane. Now one clown city councilor is on tv suggesting we should all get out and not only shovel our sidewalks, but also help neighbours do same. This is one of the jackass councilors who voted last year to add an extra charge on our city taxes and have a private company do all the sidewalk cleaning. We, the taxpayers, had no say in the change. I know where I'd like to place my shovel. So you were blessed with a foot of snow. My heart bleeds for you. Love thy neighbor,Jackass. -- Respectfully submitted by Justan Laugh of the day from Krause "I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here. I've been "born again" as a nice guy." |
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:17:57 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
Received a foot or so of snow Sunday and it's snowing now with another 10 inches or so and maybe more on Saturday. Sidewalks are in desperate shape and most secondary streets narrowed to one lane. Now one clown city councilor is on tv suggesting we should all get out and not only shovel our sidewalks, but also help neighbours do same. This is one of the jackass councilors who voted last year to add an extra charge on our city taxes and have a private company do all the sidewalk cleaning. We, the taxpayers, had no say in the change. I know where I'd like to place my shovel. The councilman is correct. Are there kids in your neighborhood who have to walk to school or catch a bus? Should they be forced to walk in the streets? Are there disabled who need to use a sidewalk? Should people be forced to walk there dogs on one lane roads? Some thoughts from our county: As a community, we need to come together and take our snow and shovel it! Help keep sidewalks, bus stops and fire hydrants clear of snow. The county and state do not clear snow from public sidewalks or trails. Do your part to keep your neighborhood safe for emergency personnel, pedestrians and cyclists. Develop a plan with neighbors to help those who can't remove snow. Makes good sense. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner *behavior* causes problems. |
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![]() On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:30:16 -0400, John H. wrote: - show quoted text - "When I lived in places with sidewalks, DC and close in PG county there was an ordinance that you had to shovel the sidewalk in front of your house. I am not sure I ever saw anyone getting in trouble for not doing it but it was the law. Most people either did it themselves, had a kid do it or a neighbor pitched in and did it. These were small city lots so it was not a lot of sidewalk to clear. When I got farther in the country, there were no sidewalks and it was a moot point." Exactly the way it was here for as long as I remember. Then last year, with out consulting the taxpayers, the city decided to extend sidewalk snow removal to the old original part of Halifax and charge us. The new service is dismal. The little Bobcats tore up a lot grass and damaged stone walls, etc.. They changed this year to little John Deere tractors with the articulating plows but were so slow getting around that the snow/freezing rain/flash freeze/snow proved to be impossible to overcome. Anyway everyone's been resentful since the majority of us did a much better job ourselves. Still waiting for the sidewalk plows to show up here. I think they gave up and conceded defeat. Funny, on a local history blog they showed and old truck being hand loaded by a gang of men with shovels. That brings up another problem...the city used to dump the snow into the harbour but the federal gov't decided to outlaw that. Crazy thing is the dept of defense and the port authority still do it but the city can't. Special permission was granted for a one time occasion after 'White Juan' back in February 2004. |
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On 3/19/2015 8:55 AM, True North wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:30:16 -0400, John H. wrote: - show quoted text - "When I lived in places with sidewalks, DC and close in PG county there was an ordinance that you had to shovel the sidewalk in front of your house. I am not sure I ever saw anyone getting in trouble for not doing it but it was the law. Most people either did it themselves, had a kid do it or a neighbor pitched in and did it. These were small city lots so it was not a lot of sidewalk to clear. When I got farther in the country, there were no sidewalks and it was a moot point." Exactly the way it was here for as long as I remember. Then last year, with out consulting the taxpayers, the city decided to extend sidewalk snow removal to the old original part of Halifax and charge us. The new service is dismal. The little Bobcats tore up a lot grass and damaged stone walls, etc. They changed this year to little John Deere tractors with the articulating plows but were so slow getting around that the snow/freezing rain/flash freeze/snow proved to be impossible to overcome. Anyway everyone's been resentful since the majority of us did a much better job ourselves. Still waiting for the sidewalk plows to show up here. I think they gave up and conceded defeat. Funny, on a local history blog they showed and old truck being hand loaded by a gang of men with shovels. That brings up another problem...the city used to dump the snow into the harbour but the federal gov't decided to outlaw that. Crazy thing is the dept of defense and the port authority still do it but the city can't. Special permission was granted for a one time occasion after 'White Juan' back in February 2004. What's wrong with dumping snow into a cesspool? -- Respectfully submitted by Justan Laugh of the day from Krause "I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here. I've been "born again" as a nice guy." |
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![]() 10:23 AMJustan Olphart - show quoted text - "Law or not, civilized people would do what they could to help their neighborhood be safer. I really don't understand Don's anger about being asked to pitch in. He's only got 40 feet of frontage. That's what, 5 minutes of labor to clear a foot of snow?" You and the JohnnyMop can relax, Sinky. Neighbour on the corner came by with his snowblower and cleared my sidewalk and driveway. Even came back this morning to clear what the snowplow pushed back in overnight. |
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