No one’s owed an apology for a blizzard
So, Rocky columnist Bill Johnson seems to think the Regional Transportation District should apologize for the blizzard (“Sorry seems to be the hardest word at RTD,” Jan. 19). I wonder if Johnson expects an apology from the pizza places who were clearly derelict in their duties for not getting through with the pizzas. My kids’ school also should be ashamed that they could not operate just because of a few snowflakes and I feel an apology from them is in order, too. Also I did not receive my newspaper for a few days, so put the Rocky in line to say sorry, too.
An act of nature shut our city down for three or four days; for someone to be looking for an apology is very petty. If every business that could not operate properly due to the storm had to apologize, imagine how long the line would be. It would look like a voting station on Nov. 7. I can see the line now: RTD, Ronald McDonald, the Burger King guy, Yellow Cab, Metro Taxi, DIA, Dominos, Pizza Hut, and so on and so on — all saying sorry to Johnson for not running flawlessly during a blizzard.
In short, Mr. Johnson, neither you nor anyone else for that matter are owed an apology for an act of nature. I say get over it and move on.
Keith Maranville, Aurora
Strange, I seem to recall driving through ridge street as recently as five days ago, but you know, the plowing was as good as can be expected. maintaining drivable streets for those of us that don't drive Hummers is just a fantasy
Posted by on January 30, 2007 02:34 AMSo, it is Bill's responsibility to do someone else's job other than his own now too?
Get a grip. The storm was bad, but not terrible. The "wait for it to melt " mentality is assinine, and allowing people to continue to park on city streets is just plain stupid (not RTD's fault, but Mayor Hickenlooper). I actually read in the News that we "should not blame the mayor..." and that no one saw Gov. Ritter out shoveling... Well, maybe because the governer was busy getting colorado declared a state of emergency, working on getting the national guard out to save cattle, instead of playing in the freakin snow.
Only in Colorado.
Posted by Dan on January 30, 2007 02:19 PMYou know, I could understand 4 or 5 days, after all, it was a blizzard and emergency personnel have priority. But what's the excuse for a month after the storm, for streets that are nice and wide with no cars parked on the street? Why haven't I seen a single plow in my neighborhood? That's just plain unacceptable, and folks are justifiably upset about it. We meet our responsibilities (clearing snow on sidewalks within 24 hours) or face a ticket; who enforces the responsibilities for the city/county?
Posted by fiesty on January 30, 2007 04:57 PMHow about instead of complaining about the way the storm was handled, we move forward and create a strategy to clean up this mess on our PUBLIC streets - neighborhood by neighborhood. Issue notices for all vehicles to be removed from streets that are being cleared. I'd like to be able to drive to and from my home without having to allow for an extra 30 min. to drive through packed ice.
Posted by Trapt on Gaylord on February 1, 2007 02:28 PM