Yeah, More Ranting

[firefrog]

So

Q: When is snow removal not snow removal?

A: When it's done by the City of Calgary.

I observed 2 of these snow removal events in my neighborhood. Once a snowplow went by and scraped a little bit of snow. Another time a snowplow breezed through and sanded a few places.

 

This is how our snow removal money is being spent?! Anyone will tell you that a snowplow doesn't clear snow; it just moves it out of the way. That's exactly what happened. It made a nice high ridge beside the parked cars. OK, it did level out the ruts for a while. This was done on the weekend!! Same with the sanding. Overtime, no doubt.

 

What is going on? Are the people in charge that stupid? Who do they think they're fooling? Is this what's happening in all the neighborhoods? Anyone else upset about this?

 

 

[ÜberFly]

Yeah, I observed a grater/plow making one pass down the middle of our street!!

 

So

Q: When is snow removal not snow removal?

A: When it's done by the City of Calgary.

I observed 2 of these snow removal events in my neighborhood. Once a snowplow went by and scraped a little bit of snow. Another time a snowplow breezed through and sanded a few places.

 

This is how our snow removal money is being spent?! Anyone will tell you that a snowplow doesn't clear snow; it just moves it out of the way. That's exactly what happened. It made a nice high ridge beside the parked cars. OK, it did level out the ruts for a while. This was done on the weekend!! Same with the sanding. Overtime, no doubt.

 

What is going on? Are the people in charge that stupid? Who do they think they're fooling? Is this what's happening in all the neighborhoods? Anyone else upset about this?

 

[Taco]

hell boys winter hasn't even started yet, y'all gonna be downright bitchy by Febuary........

[Jayhad]

what are you expecting, 1000s of city employees with blow drivers

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

say what you want but in Ottawa the snow is gone by lunch from their plows. I remember seeing them in our neighborhood before both parent went to work. But i think they were pulling money from the over budget parks dpt.

[firefrog]

What do I expect?

1 Effective planning and good judgement by so-called experts.

2 Competency in delivering these goods and services.

3 Use of proper equipment.

4 Good value for our tax dollars.

 

Right now we are getting none of the above. If they didn't work on the residential streets at all, the results would be about the same; the costs would be quite less. Somehow I think even if they did have more funding, they wouldn't do a good job.

 

[Tungsten]

Can't say I've ever seen a plow on my street.So IMO there spending way too much.

 

What gets me is when you get to an intersection with ice all over it and a plow comes by full of sand and doesn't drop any of it.

[Weedy1]

If the snow was all removed then you would have the people who complain that the plow piles snow in front of their driveway.

 

It's a snow win situation.

 

 

[birchy]

If the snow was all removed then you would have the people who complain that the plow piles snow in front of their driveway.

 

It's a snow win situation.

 

Punny guy!

 

[reevesr1]

They did my neighborhood. One pass, but one is better than none. I can't imagine the layout of the streets in the subdivisions around here make plowing all that simple The land of 10,000 cul-de-sacs.

[troutlover]

ric i didn't know you could speak french!

[reevesr1]

Oui, un petit peu

[SanJuanWorm]

Calgary is run by a pack of monkeys. What do you expect?

 

Are they that dumb? Yes they are.

 

I can't wait to move outta here.

 

Oh and 4x4 FTW!!!!!!!!!! Everyone else should just GTFOOMW.