Some Snow Jobs Are Better Than Others

As Mayor Bloomberg of New York can attest, the mayor will inevitably catch heat when the city does a poor job removing snow.  Misty McNally of Kansas City is one citizen who recognizes that good snow jobs don't happen by themselves.  When she and her husband moved here from Colorado in 2003, they learned that Kansas City, Missouri, had a "terrible downside," namely its inability to remove snow.  So bad were the city's efforts that the couple considered moving to Kansas.   "But not this year," writes Misty in a letter to the Star.  "This winter we have seen timely, repeated, adequate snow removal from the streets around our home in Waldo. We appreciate that Mayor Mark Funkhouser and public works officials listened to citizen complaints and made changes for the better. While there is still room for improvement, we now can truly enjoy living in Kansas City even in the winter."