Boston Snow Emergency and Parking Ban Lifted at 9 am

bostonzest — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:00:47 +0000

The Snow Emergency and Parking Ban in Boston was lifted this morning at 9:00 am.

This was confirmed by the Mayor's helpline 617-635-4500 and Boston's snow webpage:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/snow/

"12/19 10:00pm: The snow emergency and parking ban will be lifted at 9:00 am Saturday morning."

Mayor lacks common sense - needs French Toast Alert widget

jeffcutler — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:34:43 +0000

After hearing about cities all scurrying to cancel school tomorrow, I asked a few people what their towns were doing. One town government member - who declined to be identified or to identify his town - told me his mayor was being shortsighted and knee-jerkish.

According to my source, this Boston-area community has handled this first storm of the season with a complete lack of common sense. I've written a post over on my blog about the situation, and here's ~~an excerpt...~~the entire piece.