[RP TownTalk] Complaint

Wed Dec 23 20:09:17 UTC 2009

It seems that snow wasn't the only flakes that fell on Riverdale Park over
the weekend. TownTalk poster Michelle Burns hit the nail on the head,
particularly with the observation that things here have gotten really nasty
for no good reason. Some posters appear to have a personal grudge against
the town's leadership and they regularly use this space to become the cyber
equivalent of suicide bombers. Their cause might better be helped not by
sniping at the leadership but by legally campaigning for elected positions
at the proper time. (In the meantime, their using spell-check for their
e-rants would not lose them any future votes.)

The posted criticism that claimed this region has terrible winters and that
the town should have been better prepared, is a matter of perspective. This
is the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, not generally recognized
for its harsh winters. It does, however, SUFFER through occasional
blizzards.) What makes almost every winter here crazy is that we have an
absolute collision of world cultures: a driver from Arizona or Saudi Arabia
entering Dupont Circle -- you pick, the one in Northwest Washington or the
original one in Riverdale Park close to the Chambers' operation -- next to a
driver from Minnesota or Denmark. Each one's take of the road and weather is
different and almost always at conflict.

Back to the main news: Consider The Washington Post Monday editorial (A18)
which said, in part, "The storm that hit Washington and its suburbs was
ranked by the National Weather Service as among the biggest in local
history, with 16.5 inches of snow recorded at Reagan National Airport and as
much as 23 inches elsewhere. That's more snow than the region gets in a
typical winter, so it's understandable that the area, virtually paralyzed on
Saturday and Sunday, is only now regaining some normalcy."

Look at it this way: the good news is that none of our cops pulled a gun on
 snowballers, there were no house fires in RPMD, and by now, public works
has begun resting up for the next storm, either from the heavens or from
cyberspace.

Jeffrey Yorke
Natoli Place Apartments -- now, with openings!
301-502-1243

>
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:35 PM, michelle burns <mishburns at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> 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<http://mc/compose?to=blueheron66@verizon.net>
>> <blueheron66 at verizon.net <http://mc/compose?to=blueheron66@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, nomalfunctioning 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> TownTalk mailing list
>>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk at riverdale-park.org<http://mc/compose?to=TownTalk@riverdale-park.org>
>>> TownTalk-request at riverdale-park.org<http://mc/compose?to=TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org>is for automated subscription processing only
>>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk
>>>
>>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit
>>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TownTalk mailing list
>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk at riverdale-park.org<http://mc/compose?to=TownTalk@riverdale-park.org>
>> TownTalk-request at riverdale-park.org<http://mc/compose?to=TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org>is for automated subscription processing only
>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk
>>
>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit
>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TownTalk mailing list
>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
>> TownTalk-request at riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription
>> processing only
>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk
>>
>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit
>> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jeffrey Yorke
> Yorke Property Management, Inc.
> Yorke Partners
> Jeffrey at YorkeRents.com
> 301-502-1243
>
>

-- 
Jeffrey Yorke
Yorke Property Management, Inc.
Yorke Partners
Jeffrey at YorkeRents.com
301-502-1243
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/attachments/20091223/3477c9e7/attachment-0002.html>