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| Another snow job in NY |
| 2011-01-07 |
| Two Sanitation chiefs in South Brooklyn are being reassigned: Assistant Chief Joseph Montgomery, who supervised 12 sanitation districts where the snow removal efforts were particularly troublesome and Deputy Chief Joseph Susol, who was on night duty during the storm. Any bets on what happens to their compensation or bennies after killing a baby and an old lady? In addition the department vowed to improve training for Sanitation workers. Training manuals will be updated to reflect changes in technology and equipment. Why? They already know quite well what they are doing. Bloomberg refused to say what Chief John Peruggia as head of the Emergency Medical Service, might have done wrong during the blizzard, especially since the heavy snow drifts caused most of the delays. My BS detector is going off . . . . "We did not give the public the service that the public has a right to expect when it comes to ambulances and it starts with management," the mayor said. Whoops, my cover-up detector is going off now. The ensuing outcry by stranded New Yorkers invited comparisons to the infamous 1969 blizzard that forever damaged Mayor John Lindsay's reputation. Bloomberg's popularity has also suffered with his own blizzard crisis: a January 5th NY1-Marist Poll measured the mayor's approval rating at 37 percent -- his lowest since taking office. Those must be the folks who live near where they keep the plows. Saying a lack of information hampered snow clearing, the mayor announced that 50 Sanitation trucks assigned to Midwood, Flatbush, Ditmas Park and Kensington will be outfitted with GPS and that roving observation teams armed with video cameras will transmit live feeds back to City Hall during the upcoming storm."We plan to do a great job, the kind of job the public has come to expect us to do," the mayor said. You'll be doing a great job if you put that GPS info online for all to see. He also hinted of more changes afoot before the City Council's public grilling next Monday over how and why the city failed during the blizzard. This ought to be good. It ought to be interesting to see how stupid you think people are. "It's certainly not the last word on the subject," he said. It fuc&in' better not be. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 as one who, by contract, belongs to the despicable public bargaining units, I say: Fuck em. Those bastards that gave the direction should be up on criminal and civil charges for the injuries, deaths, and suffering that occurred due to their "work slowdown". I pay only the minimal dues for bargaining and do not belong to their PAC. I would NEVER do such a thing to the public that employs me, and I detest the union fucks that do. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-07 21:31 |
| #7 Big deal. So they put GPS units on 50 trucks. Those 50 stay busy. They probably have hundreds of trucks - those don't need to do anything. And the "roving observation teams" would probably end up stuck in the snow like the rest of the peons - so they might as well stop at the nearest 7-11 and pick up a couple of six packs to wait it out. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-01-07 21:09 |
| #6 OldSpook, that means New Yolk would have to do things the same way my village does. We all know New Yolkers are better than us peasants in the heartland; no way they'll copy what works for us. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-01-07 13:44 |
| #5 "Limogere" now. Fully paid French leave before. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-07 12:20 |
| #4 JFM taught me the verb "Limogere" a while ago. In WWI, France reassigned incompetent generals to Limoges, which was a hundred miles from the action. So "Limogere" means "to transfer someone to a place where they can't do any harm." I wonder where these gentlemen have been Limogered to? Or whether they can do any more harm in their new position? |
| Posted by: mom 2011-01-07 10:27 |
#3 Best and simplest solution: decertify the union, and contract out garbage collection like most other large cities do. You left out "execute the criminals who murdered two people by their negligence". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2011-01-07 09:55 |
| #2 Best and simplest solution: decertify the union, and contract out garbage collection like most other large cities do. Make snowplows part of the traffic and roads department, and equip the dump trucks needed for that with plows, and sand/de-icing dispensers that fit into the dump beds. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-01-07 09:42 |
| #1 Saying a lack of information hampered snow clearing, the mayor announced that 50 Sanitation trucks assigned to Midwood, Flatbush, Ditmas Park and Kensington will be outfitted with GPS and that roving observation teams armed with video cameras will transmit live feeds back to City Hall during the upcoming storm."We plan to do a great job, the kind of job the public has come to expect us to do," the mayor said New job opportunities: GPS Installers and technicians.........starting salary $210,000. Roving work watchers ....starting salary $161,000. Union membership required. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-07 08:04 |