Re: Are you all snowbound?
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  • Subject: Re: Are you all snowbound?
  • From: &* <d*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:28:54 -0500
Jim,
I'm one of the people who thinks our taxes are way out of line. I also believe that people should take personal responsibility and not expect "the gummit" to do it for them. 

d
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Are you all snowbound?



No surprise, Daryl. Country's full of patriots who vote to cut taxes
then bitch when the gummit isn't there to save their bacon.

On Jan 14, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Daryl wrote:


I was surprised at the amount of vitriol against the county and
state for
their supposed lack of preparation. This was a 10 year event. Snow
happens.
People should be prepared. And businesses shouldn't expect their
employees
to come in the moment that the snow stops. Not in an area without snow
removal equipment.

To be fair, the media here didn't do much about storm prep. It did
mention
people going out to buy milk, bread and toilet paper, but that was
mostly
making fun of those that do. There was nothing much about making
sure that there
was water and food for each person, matches, flashlights, batteries,
can
opener, a battery operated radio, etc. the normal storm prep, and
nothing
about considering blankets or an alternate means of heat like a
kerosene or
propane heater. They make a big to-do about hurricane season, but
snow and cold can be more deadly.

Some schools here proposed using Monday (MLK day)as one of the make-
up days.
You wouldn't believe the howling that it was "racist", even though
several
of those systems also proposed eliminating the President's Day
holiday. A
couple of school systems are eliminating the winter recess, but in our
county and a couple of others, the parents are howling that they
already had
reservations for ski trips and such. I suppose that if the state
doesn't
give a waiver, most of them will be going to school for an extra
week at the
end of the school year. And that's a budget buster because of the air
conditioning costs, and is hard on the students traveling on buses
without
air conditioning when it's in the 90's.

d




----- Original Message -----From: "BONNIE_HOLMES"
<bonnie_holmes@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Are you all snowbound?



With tight budgets, people can't really expect counties and cities to
have trucks, sand, and salt for events that don't occur annually. We
have had our first snow on the roads in years. Some people get upset,
especially those who have recently moved from more northern climates.
But, citizens also would get upset if we spent money for 5-10 years
in a
row without needing it. Our biggest issue right now concerns school
days
that have to be made up because not enough "snow days" were
included in
the calendar.



I hear what you are saying about people running out of food but it
seems
to me that we are not doing a good job of dealing with
consequences. Our
media was full of storm preparation suggestions if people would
listen.
I do feel for the children of these adults.


B
ETN Zone 7
Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.


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