[RP TownTalk] Complaint

[michelle burns]

While some residents may have legitimate reasons to feel that they were unnecessarily inconvenienced by the town's response to the recent storm, I thought that the mayor's explanation was clear and reasonable: confronted with a record-breaking storm, emphasis was placed on keeping major roads and emergency lanes open.  In a perfect world, no one would ever run out of salt and no machine would ever break down, but the tone of some of these messages is downright nasty.  Saying that the town's response was "unitelligent" [sic] or suggesting that town officials are just collecting paychecks and shirking their work is offensive.  If and when mistakes are made, measures should be taken to ensure that they're not repeated, which it seems the town is doing.   If people are so critical of how things are being handled, why don't they run for public office, get elected, and do it better?  

My real question is: Does someone have a particular axe to grind and is that why they jump on every mistake, real or perceived, as an excuse to complain?   

Kumbaya and Merry Christmas,Michelle Burns

--- On Wed, 12/23/09, Andrew Waldron <andrewwaldo at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Andrew Waldron <andrewwaldo at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Complaint
To: "blueheron66 at verizon.net" <blueheron66 at verizon.net>
Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 11:02 AM

I completely agree. 47th Ave was plowed for the first time last night, THREE days after the initial snow storm. And was salted today, FOUR days after the storm. Clearly there is something wrong, and I concur. We should not just ignore the problem by 'cuddling up with a good book.' 

-Andy

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM, blueheron66 at verizon.net <blueheron66 at verizon.net> wrote:

I'm extremely disappointed in Riverdale Park's lax, unitelligent, ineffectual response to this recent snow. The town's excuses for delayed or even no snow plowing
and salt spreading are just plain unacceptable. We pay good,
hard-earned tax money for supposedly professional services to keep our
streets clear in a winter emergency.  We should not have to clear the streets ourselves. Maryland is not the Sun Belt, for pete's sake.  Winters are often harsh here, and our town services need to prepare accordingly.  For the money we pay, there should be no salt shortage, no malfunctioning equipment....no boatload of lame excuses! To echo another Towntalk poster, if I displayed the same kind of attitude and weak response on my
job, I'd be fired. It's disgusting to read the comments along the lines of
"Oh, Kumbaya, Kumbaya....shoveling snow brought me and my neighbors
closer together" Folks, quit settling for mediocrity. Quit enabling the Town of Riverdale Park!  


Signed,
Art Saggs


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