[Vision2020] plowing

[Sue Hovey]

Sorry about misspelling its.....Hope it wasn't too distracting.

Sue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
To: "Bev Bafus" <bevbafus at verizon.net>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] plowing


> Bev and others,
>
> Personally I think too many people share Donovan's opinion (from an 
> earlier
> post:)  if you don't like the snow, just move south.  Contrary to what he
> feels, it is insensitive.  To personalize a bit:  we have spent most of 
> our
> adult lives in Moscow.  We raised 3 chidren here.  We worked to make 
> Moscow
> a better place for ourselves, our children, and others who love it despite
> it's winter weather.  And now that we are retired we do leave in the 
> winter.
> But, to be honest, we know that isn't a very good  solution--most
> people--the folks who live and work in Moscow, the elderly, the disabled,
> and others who just like the cold, deserve conditions that are safe for
> walking and travel.  Before we left Norm did shovel our walks and 
> driveway,
> only to have them plowed in with ice chunks he couldn't move.  There were
> two days when we couldn't get out of our driveway even with 4 wheel drive
> because the berm that the snowplow left was simply immovable.
>
> So, Bev, you make a valuable point.  The city needs to take care not to 
> make
> things worse when clearing roads, and residents and business people need 
> to
> take care of their walks so everyone feels safe using them.
>
> To say to Moscow residents, "If you don't like it, leave," simply allows 
> one
> to wash his hands of the problems instead of working toward solutions.
>
>>From one who admits she's glad to be out of the snow.  (and in  a 
>>Democratic
> state--what a bonus.)
>
> Sue H.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bev Bafus" <bevbafus at verizon.net>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:08 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] plowing
>
>
>> Maybe I'm just obtuse, but I fail to see how taking the time to plow the
>> snow BACK onto the main streets helps anything, except make tempers rise.
>>
>> Why not use the plow time to clear lanes that are still blocked?
>>
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