http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2010/02/09/cohen-takes-a-beating/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cohen-takes-a-beating ...it's about the quality of life! Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2010/02/09/cohen-takes-a-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-2599 JWF Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:35 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=5800#comment-2599 My thought is that the City does not have the resources to purchase or least the equipment to handle a snow of this magnitude. I can't fault them for NOT spending the money on an event that may never materialize. But in the case that it DOES materialize, perhaps some sort of mutual aid policy with the state or neighboring jurisdictions can be made. My thought is that the City does not have the resources to purchase or least the equipment to handle a snow of this magnitude. I can’t fault them for NOT spending the money on an event that may never materialize. But in the case that it DOES materialize, perhaps some sort of mutual aid policy with the state or neighboring jurisdictions can be made.

]]> http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2010/02/09/cohen-takes-a-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 NRase Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=5800#comment-2596 I live just outside the City limits on a State road which has been promptly plowed after each of the three snows. Our little half mile dead end street is plowed several times during a storm and then after it ends the plows return with trucks and carry away the snow from the dead end. I can certainly tell when I cross from the State responsibility to the City responsibility. I like to analyze factually rather than emotionally. Seems a fair way to measure effectiveness of the various government entities performance would be to compare the miles of road each is responsible for (in and around Annapolis)and the equipment available for the task. If the available City equipment is significantly less than the State relative to the miles of roadway then maybe the City is not doing such a bad job. If the amount of equipment relative to the miles of roadways is comparable, then I would say the City is not doing very well, even allowing for the many narrow streets and clu-de-sacs. I live just outside the City limits on a State road which has been promptly plowed after each of the three snows. Our little half mile dead end street is plowed several times during a storm and then after it ends the plows return with trucks and carry away the snow from the dead end. I can certainly tell when I cross from the State responsibility to the City responsibility. I like to analyze factually rather than emotionally. Seems a fair way to measure effectiveness of the various government entities performance would be to compare the miles of road each is responsible for (in and around Annapolis)and the equipment available for the task. If the available City equipment is significantly less than the State relative to the miles of roadway then maybe the City is not doing such a bad job. If the amount of equipment relative to the miles of roadways is comparable, then I would say the City is not doing very well, even allowing for the many narrow streets and clu-de-sacs.

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