"What is it with schools closing? Who are the sissies making these decisions?" (John Schwab of McGuffey Lane, speaking this morning to "Wags & Elliott" of QFM96, on Columbus-area schools being closed again today)"My children's school was canceled today. Because of, what? Some ice? As my children pointed out, in Chicago, school is never canceled. In fact, my 7-year-old pointed out that you'd go outside for recess. You wouldn't even stay indoors." (Pres. Barack Obama, commenting yesterday on school closings in Washington, DC)
"What the President and the music man said." (KintlaLake)
"Some residents would like to see Pataskala (Ohio) do more to address icy roads, especially in light of recent storms. ... With the new (budget) cuts, the city does not intend to salt, grit and plow subdivisions unless the Licking County Sheriff's Office declares a Level 2 Snow Emergency." (The Newark Advocate, January 10, 2009)
"(Pickerington, Ohio) street crews would plow neighborhood streets only when there was more than 3 inches of snow. And crews wouldn't go out on evenings and weekends unless it was an emergency." (The Columbus Dispatch, November 11, 2009)
"(Columbus) Mayor Michael B. Coleman said up to 1,300 city employees, including himself and other nonunion managers, will face five-day 'temporary layoffs' in the coming months -- unpaid days off that will save an estimated $1.65 million. Together with a pay freeze approved by Columbus firefighters, a decision announced yesterday to lay off 27 police recruits and two other newly added cuts, city government will eliminate half of a $13 million gap that still exists in its proposed 2009 budget. ... He said he plans to shut down the Office of Education... (and he) wouldn't rule out more police layoffs or spending cuts in the Department of Public Safety..." (The Columbus Dispatch, today, January 29, 2009)
