[RP TownTalk] Complaint
Don Lynch
dlynch at garretroomstudios.com
Thu Dec 24 00:16:12 UTC 2009
Complacency and mediocrity have never been the place for innovation and
improvements.
I am now witnessing a culture where people can rest on their excuses.
I live in Riverdale Park. I've lived in Maryland for 55 years.
Rain, sleet, black ice, blizzards...
It comes down to intelligent planning.
If we lack intelligence in our town staff and elected officials, then
let us not hide behind the headlines but make a change.
It was a big snowfall for one day.
Sunday was sunny and warm. A perfect time to clean up the snow.
I was disappointed in the lack of suggested improvements from the Mayors
response.
Instead we get the headline "c**p" about record this and that.
I agree with another's response. I would lose my job with so many excuses.
I'd rather hear ideas for improvements.
That's what defines an adult from a child.
One of my current favorite quotes from a friend is, "What would an
extraordinary person do in this circumstance?"
I doubt we'll find out here.
Don
Jeffrey Yorke wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:andrewwaldo at gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Andrew Waldron <andrewwaldo at gmail.com
> <mailto:andrewwaldo at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Complaint
> To: "blueheron66 at verizon.net
> <mailto:blueheron66 at verizon.net>" <blueheron66 at verizon.net
> <mailto:blueheron66 at verizon.net>>
> Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
> <mailto: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, 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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