Michael Bloomberg's Katrina: Snow Removal Pathetic for Overtaxed NYC Residents

The recent snow storms in the northeast have become Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Katrina. The snow removal from major roads in New York City has been pathetic considering how overtaxed the people of New York City are with the promises of better service from their state and local government. I guess the realization of high taxes in New York to get more from the local government is a fraud considering.

Isn't it amazing. I am still questioning the NFL's decision to play Sunday night's game on Tuesday considering the NFL brags it's an all-weather sport. They play in late summer, fall, and in winter and whatever the elements dish out. Still in just a couple days the community rallied and the game was played. In New York City, they can't even get an ambulance to a mother delivering he baby. Nine hours later the ambulance finally shows up after the mother delivers and an hour later the baby was pronounced dead.

"No one could get to her. Crown Heights was not plowed, and no medical aid came for hours," said the student's mother.

There is just no reason to be this unprepared for this kind of winter storm considering the geographic location of New York City. This I know from living in Chicago for many years, even though I remember Mayor Richard M. Daley caught with his pants down for a New Years storm that brought in 27" in 1999. Crews should have been out way before the first snow flake fell.

I guess if there is one good thing about it is Bloomberg was considering a presidential run, and politicians often don't recover from these types of snowstorms when they look so unprepared. It took a while for Daley to recover as I recall.