Mass. Gov. Asks Patience as Crews Clean Up Snow
February 9th, 2013
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick is asking Massachusetts residents for patience as crews try to get the state cleaned up from a blizzard that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some places.
He says there’s a lot of snow to remove and it will take some time to do that. People in the western part of the state and Nantucket County can drive now and everyone else can get back on the roads at 4, though Patrick is asking them to stay home unless they need to be out.
He says the ban helped keep people safe on the roads.
He says the MBTA may start running some subways Sunday but the goal is to get public transit up and running for the Monday morning commute.
Actually many people who would have been forced to go to work (for fear of losing their jobs) we able to stay home and stay safe. Businesses would have opened if it were not for the ban.
The travel ban is the Government overstepping its boundries! Learn from history, my friends.
Is he going to tell us it snowed !!
A fine for travel in clearly inclement conditions is not a hardship. That is a ridiculous claim. Next you will say that laws against murder are a violation of your liberties.
Hitler imposed travel bans. Think for yourself. Don’t trust the Government or the Media.
Hitler? You do realize that by invoking Hitler so early, you discredit yourself as a crackpot that no sane person will listen to. I’m a libertarian, but I have no issues with the socialist police force and departments of public works we all enjoy saying it’s unsafe, stay off the streets until we can make it safe.
Way to invoke Godwin’s Law, Robert. Good show.
Infact it is a hardship. In AMERICA, it is up to the individual to decide what is right for them. The VERY INSTANT you allow a Governor to dictate your day-to-day activities, regardless of “inclement conditions”, you’ve given in to Authoritarianism. I wouldn’t expect anyone who actually was educated in this country to understand that, since they explicitly try to prevent you from learning that side of the argument.
I really wished that the Media would have pushed him on the fact that the driving ban is unconstitutional. Another case of the Media being in bed with the Government? You tell me.
Some buisnesses were open last night and some are going to open before 4 today. Does the Government have the right to arrest people on their way to work?
Screw the ban. It took me and my friend five hours to clear the driveway as there was a three foot deep snow drift the entire length and a couple of boys came by and helped. Once the driveway was opened up, I zipped out to the bank in East Longmeadow to get some cash and the road was barely passable. I also stopped at the Dunkin Donuts at the X for hot chocolate for the boys. Everyone was driving slowly, there were a few cars out, lots of trucks with snow blowers in the back and I saw one city plow but he was going somewhere.
If people were on the roads last night then there would have been accidents and would have put emergency responders at risk. Glad that everyone had to stay in and could have saved many lives because of the ban.
@ Lynn. Do you like the Government to make every decision for you?
unconstitutional? JUST STAY OFF THE ROAD SO CREWS CAN GET IT CLEANED UP – WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO GRASP? If humans (and in particular American humans) can’t get over this “me me me” mentality, the race is doomed. The less cars on the road; the less snow blown/shoveled/plowed back into the road requiring the plow driver to replow the street, the faster EVERYONE can get back on the roads. What is so crucial to your existence that your needs exceed the good of us all?
…probably a donut, right?
Robert it isn’t that I want the government to make every decision for me by any means you see i have common sense and wouldn’t have gone out it that kind of weather where there are people that are just ignorant and would so better to make sure those that dont use there brains stayed off the roads it was a good call
the ban was unconstitutional….and I thought it was suppose to be so the streets would get plowed???? HELLO IN SPRINGFIELD MOST SIDE STREETS ARE NOT DONE….so the ban was a waste of time!! (plz push on springfield to clean out side streets) ty!
The minute the main streets were opened up people went out joyriding (I know because I was out plowing last night and all day today). Had people stayed off the roads it would have been cleaned up quicker, but if you think that a storm with whiteout conditions and 3′ drifts gets cleaned up in a couple of hours you really need to set more reasonable expectations.