Comments on: Mayor Hotline January 1 to 8

By: sam the sham

sam the sham — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:39:17 +0000

remember when a kid could earn a bit of money by shoveling sidewalks and driveways?
remember when kids WANTED to earn a bit of money doing labor or is it that they had the time and knew their neighbors well enough to not be afraid.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:24:21 +0000

Tom, are you related to Kevin Rickards!! Just wondering…..

By: Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0000

James Bond: …if you aren’t burning fossil fuels fast enough, perhaps you could pour oil into a large caldron in your front yard and just keep it filled to the brim and burning day and night.
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Our overachieving civilization must go hog wild to create an easy, blanket ‘solution’ to everything.

Why don’t the people who are terrified of slipping on snow/ice just don some of those snow boot cleat/chain devices? Then they can walk on anything with no worries.

If we worry about people with disabilities, just have them map out where they want to go and then those people can clear their sidewalks, sparing the rest of the city.

I LOVE the old geezer that can’t clear his sidewalks because he “…can’t handle the shoveling except maybe a short distance to the car when I try to get to the Elks and get my exercise.”

Earth to old geezer(…and other morons who drive to the gym to ride a stationary bike on beautiful days): shoveling snow is exercise!

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:56:58 +0000

I would be interested to know, if after all this broo-ha, has there ever been a citation issued for not shoveling? I doubt it.

By: James Bond

James Bond — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:48:42 +0000

I have one of those propane powered torches you see roofers use to heat tar. Love using that thing on my driveway when there is some ice and snow.

By: cathy

cathy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:37:53 +0000

Gordon, I like you.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:31:19 +0000

I heard a rumor that the Lady from Sacramento is Schwarzenegger’s Budget Manager!
(nudge nudge, wink wink)

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:46:47 +0000

I’m well over 70, and I’d sure rather walk through snow than on the ice that replaces it when people shovel their sidewalks.
I can get much better traction in snow, and, if I do fall, I’m much less likely to get injured in snow than on frozen concrete.

As for shoveling it — fortunately, I live outside city limits so don’t have to deal with the idiots in city government, but if I do l go into the city and slip on an icy (shoveled) sidewalk, I sure as hell am going to sue the city for creating that hazard.

As for folks who do shovel: If you slip and get hurt, or have a heart attack, the city sureashell is responsible for that!

City wants ’em shoveled, city should shovel ’em and take full responsibility for any injuries that result on the icy surface.

By: The Boise Picayune

The Boise Picayune — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:24:49 +0000

On a lark I visited the Sacramento Mayor’s website to see if HE had a Hotline (I miss the old rambling broad). It appears not.

Interestingly enough however, the City of Sacramento (Population 453,781) has a City Manager system of governance.

http://www.cityofsacramento.org/cityman/

By: James Bond

James Bond — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:43:44 +0000

When I was a kid, I walked 3 miles to school, both directions, through snow, ice, rain, wind, etc. Often, we walked right out in the middle of the streets, in the slush. It was great.