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Menino: We're not desperate enough yet to dump snow into the harbor
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Right, snow farms turn pollution into angel farts
The mayor called dumping snow – which can contain oil, anti-freeze and other road contaminants – into the harbor a last resort.
Right. Because when you leave them in "snow farms", the oil, anti-freeze, and "road contaminants" ascend to heaven and turn into carbon-neutral angel farts. End up in the river and harbor eventually anyway? Poppycock!
And what about the snow melters owned by Greene Construction that keep coming over to Avenue Louis Pasteur after storms? They're there for hours, melting snow trucked in (from who knows where!) by 18 wheelers almost non-stop. All the water goes right into the storm drain.
I'd bet $5 this is more about keeping money flowing to private contractors and overtime for DPW workers. Dumping it straight into the harbor is quick (doesn't have to be moved around with loaders) and can be done at multiple locations close to where the snow is collected...
*cough*mob*cough*scam*cough*
*cough*mob*cough*scam*cough*
Why would the city want to pay overtime to DPW workers?
or private contractors? Ok, maybe if Menino or some other political hack is getting a kickback from one of these private companies (which I doubt).
Menino doesn't want to dump it in the harbor because he simply doesn't want to listen to people who would criticize him for doing so.
empty spoon government
Tada:
“If he gets elected I lose my job,’’ Kelly said in the first message. When the friend didn’t immediately remove himself, Kelly followed up with another saying, “You’re killing me.’’"
Empty spoon as in, "why would I place an empty spoon in my mouth [by voting for someone else]?"
The city employs enough people that they can substantially impact the outcome of an election; 63,000 people voted for Menino, and 46,000 for Flaherty. 20,000 people are on the city payroll, and half of them live in the city. Consider that spouses/partners of city employees are also highly likely to vote for Menino, and that city workers put pressure on friends to, at the least, not support other candidates:
The article goes on to describe how city employees relentlessly campaign for Menino.
You know what's really funny? The whole Menino family is employed by the city- Tommy boy, his wife, and his son. They all make over $100k, and she's a fucking secretary. 77k in base pay, and $27k in overtime.
http://www.bostonherald.com/projects/payroll/bosto...
Lisa Marie not his wife
That'd be Angela Menino. Daughter? Daughter-in-law?
That's right...
...she's Michael Jackson's wife...uhm widow...widowed ex? ex-widow?
To be an ex-widow does your husband have to be of the undead?
Jeez, all these questions and we just wanted to dump snow in the harbor.
Still don't buy it.
I've seen hundreds of city scams over the years but paying dpw workers overtime instead of dumping snow in the harbor probably isn't one of them. DPW workers are going to get overtime no matter where they put the snow, and if the city did decide to put the snow in the harbor and Menino wanted to pay his buddies, he could still pay them to do it.
I mean, imagine the hero Menino could be if he removed even more snow from the city by dumping it in the harbor? It isn't like the city is going to get rid of all the snow if they decided to dump it in the harbor, there would still be hours and hours of OT and private contracting work to do regardless.
not exactly
but from what I remember from my last science class - which was only about 12 years ago - marshes, plantlife and soils tend to filter some of the contaminants out before they hit the harbor. It's one of the reasons some parking lots have so much landscaping at their edges.
But like I said, it's been a while and I could be totally off base.
Catchbasins exist in storm
Catchbasins exist in storm drains to filter the salt, sand, oil, trash, and other gunk out of storm water before it flows into the harbor. They aren't 100% perfect, but some separation of contaminants from storm water before it hits the harbor is better than none.
Put it in the Filene's hole!
Yay! Fun for all.
Oh, and how about the large empty lot across from Centerfolds? It looks like it can hold quite a bit of snow.
I wish this were reddit
So I could upvote the OP a million times. Angle farts. Love it.
Define "We"
It's time someone does something about getting rid of the snow!
Good job . . .
Thanks city workers of Boston. Good job with 70 plus inches of snow this season and I'm sure more to come.
Is the mayor still bedridden?
Because it's not hard to imagine that his street is meticulously plowed, cleaned, buffed, shined, and sparkled daily into a Potemkin Village of Public Works. For all we know, His Honor thinks there's only three inches of snow on the grass all over town.