Comments on: Greenfield Outraged At Blizzard Mismanagement

By: A Woman outside bklyn

A Woman outside bklyn — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:43:17 +0000

And who thinks this business all takes place in Manhattan.

By: aaym

aaym — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:05:25 +0000

yes, we miss Rudy. That’s one thing about him, he knew how to run a city. Unlike Mr. Bloomberg who thinks this is a business!

By: A Woman outside bklyn

A Woman outside bklyn — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:33:45 +0000

Rudy may be an obnoxious individual, but when it came to running the city, no one can top him!

By: Dave Hirsch

Dave Hirsch — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:09:35 +0000

A Woman outside bklyn,
Don’t worry, liberals (claim that they) have solutions too. The Republican way was always to cut the social sevices and provide better and more efficient government services. While Democrats lobby for more Food Stamps, the Republicans want a stronger police force. Giuliani was a “racist” because he empowered the NYPD and actually made it a working department while he let the “minorities” struggle to live off their meager Food Stamps account. He actually set up jobs for those unable (better said – unwilling) to work and lived off the welfare rolls. Well, New Yorkers felt the difference and began to feel what “quality of life” defines. Crime went down and the city’s stature went up – we prospered. The liberals? They’re always in defense – defending “spreading the wealth.” Their claims? Food Stamps etc. actually reduce crime. When those “unfortunate” individuals recieve “transfer payments” the “criminals” are satisfied.

Snow removal also has a “liberal” way. Stop “destroying the planet” and we’ll have less snow (until a snow-defict will be because of “Climate Change”). Its (supposed to be) simple. Less carbon emissions equals less snow. More spending on “Green” offsets the snow-removal expense. Bloomberg is relocating the resources for our snow-removal to create
“wind turbines” atop the NYC bridges and skyscrapers. At least the money went for its planning…

Well, Dinkins experimented at our expense and Giuliani proved them wrong. Let’s stop experimenting and do things the right way. The “Change” rhetoric left me with only change in my pocket, I’d rather be in a ditch for this price…

By: normandy

normandy — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:40:23 +0000

ahh, but it’s good to know that with all the problems at DOS, there IS one city agency on the job – the Parks Dep’t.! Yes rather than the City marshalling all it’s resources to dod what needs to be done – namely, cleaning the streets, this morning I say a Parks dep’t snowplow busily cleaning the JOGGING PATH on Ocean Parkway!!!
I guess you haved to have priorities.

By: yehudayona

yehudayona — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:19:57 +0000

Here in Bayswater, the plows finally came through at about 8:30. They were totally worthless. By now, the snow on my street (one of the more traveled secondary roads) is somewhat packed but has large ridges. The first plow operator couldn’t figure out whether it would be better to keep the blade above the snow or lay it down parallel to the road. The second one opted to simply keep it above the snow. The good news is that since they did nothing, there’s no additional digging out for me to do.

By: A Woman outside bklyn

A Woman outside bklyn — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:05:22 +0000

David Hirsch, you’re right again (as you were on the article about the 2012 elections). Even this past winter, extra buses were running, no one waited until streets were impassible to first start plowing and/or salting. Major thoroughfares have not been plowed. But the drunks on new years eve will party, and midtown will be clear. Those of us in the boroughs, fahgetaboutit. Bloomberg will just wait for global warming to clean it up.

By: Horrified

Horrified — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:49:46 +0000

Stop blaming everyone from the Mayor to the Sanataition Department workers.
Look at yourselves, HaShem is definatly sending you a personal message.
HaShem iis the one who makes it snow.
A BIT OF BASIC 5YEAR OLD EMUNA.
Good luck.

By: thinkfact

thinkfact — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:08:14 +0000

Regardless of cuts etc.

Most of the problems plowing are due to stranded cars.

A state of emergency should have been declared Sunday evening prohibiting all non emergency driving like Rudy did in 96.

By: Dave Hirsch

Dave Hirsch — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:39:54 +0000

Midwest,
Before you mess up again while going with the roam of liberalism, let me tell you this: do some research!
Firstly, New York City residents haven’t heard about tax cuts in years. Yes, the federal government recently extended the tax cuts, but are you expecting the feds to provide snow removal too?
I don’t know about the midwest (listen, with a Governor like Pawlenty or Daniels etc. – lowering taxes all the time – it sounds good to bash Republicans all the time – we actually feel liberalism), but here in NYC we only experienced tax increases in recent years. Understandably, the liberals won’t be happy until the millionaire tax is initiated as well (moving ALL of the New Yorkers to Texas); fortunately, Mayor Bloomberg, a liberal in nature, understands the effect that will have on the city.

Secondly, here’s your mistake. Republicans want the government to work. Period. Taxes were created to serve citizens and not to collect revenue. As the progressives hijacked this country, services were decreased as earmarked and transfer payments took its place. Today, tax is collected to spread the wealth and the extras might go for services. It is the fiscal conservatives that want a strong military; effective servicemen, police officers, firemen; garbage pickups; and timely snow removal among other necessary services. It is the “bridges to nowhere” and the “unemployment extensions” that live off our expense and the expense of our quality of life. Spending money we don’t have on the wrong things while driving up the debt (city, state and federal) just creates more havoc and mess up our economy even more. Do you know how much money this day has cost our economy? And what about tomorrow? The largest city in the country (with iss leading financial district) is shut down. What good does this do for our economy? Well, once again Bush is to blame…

At last, do you remember the ’96 blizzard (you know before Global Warming became an issue) when we had three days of snow and winds paralyzing the city? Do you remember the leadership at the time? NYC was back to work faster and better than today. Who led the city at the time? A fiscal-conservative and great heroic leader. Rudy Giuliani was his name. I know that liberals cringe when they hear his name. America’s Mayor is a title well deserved; not only for his stewardship on 9/11 (the day much of you liberals so want to forget) but for being here for all New Yorkers whenever we needed him. Oh, how I miss him…