This just in...

...from the surreal files:

COUNTY COUNCIL

DECLARES BLIZZARD

RESPONSE "TERRIFIC,

EXEMPLARY"

Remember the December blizzard? You know, the one where many streets were unplowed a week after the storm? Remember how hard it was to get around in your car or on public transportation (if it was running at all)?

The County Council doesn't.

In fact, they just issued a press release congratulating themselves on a job well done!

Read these excerpts:

Council Vice President Valerie Ervin told DOT Director Art Holmes,
Deputy Director Al Roshdieh and DHS Chief Keith Compton that she “never had such great removal on my street.” DHS did “fantastic work, and we thank you for that. ….. It was exemplary.”

Council President Nancy Floreen echoed Ms. Ervin’s statement, saying “terrific job” and “We should all be very proud.”

Of course, the snowplow drivers put in many hours of hard work as always. And did a good job where they were told to plow. But not all streets got the same treatment!

This is not the time for our elected officials to congratulate themselves. Rather, it's a time to ask questions about planning and whether or not making all the wrong budget decisions has impacted the basic function of government to clear residential streets of snow in a reasonable amount of time.