Blizzard watch

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Originally Posted by Nebe

I heard the governor has upgraded the state to emergency level due to the release of Avatar and the storm. Troubles brewing
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

Excellent, that means we'll get taxpayer funded subsidies to pay for the snow machines to ferry us to the cinema

-spence

[Joe]

Why does the government have to be in the snow removal business anyway?
It would be better if snow removal was privatized and we were not paying state pensions to people driving snow plows. That way you just pay them to clear the snow today, and you don't have to continue paying them thirty years after the snow is gone.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Joe

Why does the government have to be in the snow removal business anyway?
It would be better if snow removal was privatized and we were not paying state pensions to people driving snow plows. That way you just pay them to clear the snow today, and you don't have to continue paying them thirty years after the snow is gone.

Some towns have privatized it to an extent. In Mansfield, I believe they have a handful of year-round DPW employees drive trucks owned by the town and any extra work is handed out to freelance plows.

At least the storm is coming early in the week and not right in the middle of when people will be traveling for Christmas.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

At least the storm is coming early in the week and not right in the middle of when people will be traveling for Christmas.

You ain't kiddin!Been there and done that,what a nightmare!

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Joe

Why does the government have to be in the snow removal business anyway?

Because Dunkin Donuts lobbys the legislature

(OK, that was a joke I just made up, sounded funny)