“Sorry, ran out of money, your street won’t get plowed.”
Am I the only one that thinks this Stormland TV News story is completely pointless? I don’t know how stories like this get past producers? Don’t get me wrong, this probably isn’t the worst story, but it seems anytime they let Katie out of the studio to do something on her own, she has some silly story, about an issue that does not exist;
SIOUX FALLS, SD – The storm has the potential to put the city of Sioux Falls’ snow removal budget over the top. There’s a magic snowfall amount the city is hoping for to keep the finances in order, going into 2011. There’s only enough money left in the budget to cover 11 inches of snow.
What bothers me even more is that public officials would even respond. While I probably don’t hold the highest regard for Mark and Mike, I would at least think they would be smart enough to say,
“Who really cares? Taxes pay for snow removal, they will be cleaned. Doesn’t matter what flipping year it is.”
Cotter says this storm could be interesting, depending on when the snow falls. If it continues through Friday night, some of the removal costs could be billed to next year’s budget.
“There may be a split on this storm if some of it’s in 2010 and some may be in 2011,” said Cotter.
Some of it? How about ALL OF IT! It’s a freaking holiday, who cares when it is billed? Do the contracted snowplows have taxi meters that expect payment in real time? Or better yet, take the money from the Events-Center-Monkey-Crapper-Junior-Football-Ski-Bunny-Hill fund.