Time to Plow Those Roads?

 Finally, my street is thawing out from the early January snowstorm. It's been three freakin' weeks of slipping and sliding around after our huge snow.

The problem is that no one seems to want to take the blame for this. DPW ended the policy of hiring contractors for a 6+-inch snowfall and still no one seems to know exactly why. The reasons given have been ridiculous. "We are now plowing connector streets," seems to be the official line from DPW. Of course, that begs the question that many have asked, "How in the hell am I supposed to get to the connector streets I can barely get to the end of my neighborhood street?"

Someone a few weeks back stated that this is why people are moving out of Marion County and into the suburbs if they can afford it, and I have to agree. 

Hopefully, the next time we get a major snow, cooler heads will prevail and the city folks throw some money the way of the contractors, and we won't have to wait until the snow melts. 

At least my old friends, the potholes on my way home from work, are back on West 10th Street. I've resorted to naming them. I try to swerve and avoid Big Frank right along the eastbound lane of West 10th each day. I say hello. His mouth is getting bigger.

I guess that's the next battle.