80. clear the snow off sidewalks, too
Have the village Department of Public Works and the Town Highway Department clear sidewalks of snow as well as the streets. Why subsidize cars and not pedestrians? This eliminates the problem of elderly residents unable to clear their sidewalks in a timely manner, as well as the problem of multiple passes by the plows re-burying freshly cleared sidewalks.
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I had a long conversation with your predecessor about this, but his mind was made up before we began. Your ENCC chair has some innovative ideas about how to minimize some other uses of the DPW personnel, which may make this a net-zero idea.
http://newpaltzgadfly.blogspot.com/2009/01/clearing-sidewalks-is-snow-joke.html