I heard one of the DOT officials on the news say something to the effect that there's no way in hell the state's going to spend taxpayer money on a bunch of equipment it would only use a couple times a year. I'd really like to see an analysis of what this mess cost all the businesses and taxpayers in the state in terms of lost revenue and lost wages. I have to believe that we could have bought a damned nice fleet of storm-readiness equipment with what this one episode cost us.
Hey, here's a novel idea Governor Deal: There are thousands upon thousands of dump trucks in the state, I know this because they're out there running around with no license plates (so they can't be identified) throwing crap at my windshield. Anyway, what if the state entered into contracts with a few hundred of these dump truck operators whereby they would purchase plows that could go on the front of their trucks and spreaders that could go on the rear. At least 24 hours prior to winter weather (our NATIONAL Weather Service can actually predict this stuff pretty well) these private operators would be called into emergency service to spread salt, sand and be ready to plow the roads.
And by the way Governor Deal, what kind of great plans did your $20 million or so in 'studies' come up with?
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