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Sanitation boss John Doherty's street plowed clean, but nearby streets remain winter blunderland
DAILY NEWS ^ | December 29th 2010 | Edgar Sandoval and Larry Mcshane

Posted on 12/30/2010 7:26:02 AM PST by george76

Better to live next-door to Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty than right around the corner.

The Staten Island street outside Doherty's home was plowed clean on Tuesday - but the dead-end streets on either side of his block remained a snow-choked winter blunderland.

There was similarly smooth sailing across the upper East Side, home to Mayor Bloomberg and Cathie Black, the mayor's choice for schools chancellor.

No surprise there, snow-weary New Yorkers say.

Cabbie Edward Fernandez, the front of his taxi torn off by a Greenwich Village snowbank, wasn't exactly shocked by the disparity in the wake of the 20-inch blizzard.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: criminalunions; governmentunion; nyc; solidarityforever; union; unions

1 posted on 12/30/2010 7:26:04 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Government worker- and UNIONIZED government workers, are the best kind of workers there are.

Can’t wait until government workers are running health care!!!


2 posted on 12/30/2010 7:27:13 AM PST by Mr. K ('Profiling' you is worse than grabbing your balls)
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To: george76

In a just world, the streets where city workers live would be the last streets to be plowed.


3 posted on 12/30/2010 7:27:50 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: george76

Turns out it was intentional:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2649331/posts

They have blood on their hands.


4 posted on 12/30/2010 7:29:59 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: george76

He must of had tickets to a Broadway show?


5 posted on 12/30/2010 7:30:33 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: george76; All
It seems that Doherty and his crooked cohorts now have blood on their hands...

Sanitation Department's slow snow clean-up was a budget protest (NYC union thugs)

Death of newborn baby among several blizzard tragedies as city is accused of 'dropping the ball'

6 posted on 12/30/2010 7:35:13 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: george76
Hi george!

Actually, this is quite common. When I was married to one of these guys, our street was always clear, if not dry.

7 posted on 12/30/2010 7:38:12 AM PST by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: ClearCase_guy

I have no problem with the order in which the streets get plowed. However I do have a problem with workers intentionally leaving other streets unplowed because you want to protest. I guess this is what happens when you take morality out of a society...


8 posted on 12/30/2010 7:39:13 AM PST by myrabach
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To: Just A Nobody

Hi Just A Nobody,

Interesting how this works ?

Every time


9 posted on 12/30/2010 7:48:44 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Bloomberg is apparently nothing more than a corrupt billionaire. A minor-league Soros.


10 posted on 12/30/2010 7:52:04 AM PST by popdonnelly (Class warfare is Obama's thing.)
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To: george76
It was just one of the "perks" of the job - right or wrong. However, I must add that no streets were neglected, ours just got done first. ;*)

Good to "see" you again.

Happy New Year!

11 posted on 12/30/2010 7:52:33 AM PST by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: george76
"Escape from New York" sounds more and more like a reality headline.

It seems all the really big cities are DOOMED to implode, sooner rather than later.

Just browse Detroit ruins.

http://detroityes.com/home.htm

12 posted on 12/30/2010 7:55:16 AM PST by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: george76

Time for revisiting of the lessons learned from Ronaldus Magnus versus the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). Time to build a scaffold and stretch some rope in Foley Square!


13 posted on 12/30/2010 8:03:03 AM PST by Mobties (Let the markets work! Reduce the government footprint!)
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To: george76

(Shakes head)

Don’t understand.

On March 17, 2002, we got 29 inches in 24 hours, on top of the snow already on the ground. The schools called a snow day because some steets on the hillside were not plowed.

Ya, I know NY is a big city, but to come to a crashing stop over some snow?


14 posted on 12/30/2010 8:54:19 AM PST by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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To: ASOC

I remember that day well, though I would rather forget it.


15 posted on 12/30/2010 9:09:17 AM PST by momto6
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To: Just A Nobody

Good to “see” you again.

Happy New Year!


16 posted on 12/30/2010 10:29:14 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: momto6
LOL

We just drove to work. Other than the school admin types having the ‘vapors’ - everyone I know went to work.

OTOH, not too many skyscraper here....

17 posted on 12/30/2010 12:40:28 PM PST by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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