First, failure. Then recriminations. Reminiscent of former Chicago mayor Michael Bilandic who was castigated for failed snowfighting back in the 1970s and ousted from office, DC mayor Adrian Fenty is taking his lumps for the failure of the capital city's snowfighting efforts which have shut down the federal government for a week and left many homebound waiting for plows and spreaders to unclog public streets. The Washington Examiner contrasts Fenty's public crews with the performance of successful private contractors who have been able to keep shopping center and office building parking lots cleared.
City officials can't say they surprised by last Friday's monster snowfall. Sophisticated computer modeling gave them several days to prepare. Yet five days later, as another snowstorm hit the region, many District of Columbia residents were still housebound and contemplating the next storm, even as an appalling number of major roads and intersections remained uncleared. Mayor Adrian Fenty should fire D.C. Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein and Department of Public Works Director Bill Howland, the two city employees in charge of snow removal, and use the money saved to hire a private contractor.
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