Abolish ICE? Dems Can't Even Plow Snow

""Closer to the nation's capital, however, people have been muttering "abolish ice." The denizens of the Acela Corridor aren't without their own misgivings about assertive immigration enforcement. But even the most hardened member of the Resistance-frozen solid-has to wonder why it takes two weeks after a moderate snowstorm for a Democratic-controlled city to plow a street or clear a sidewalk.""

""Businesses, schools, and government offices were closed for days after the last snowflakes fell. Massive snow drifts were permitted to become encased in ice-not ICE-impervious to cheap shovels. It was almost as if the pandemic had returned for a moment. There was simply no expectation of a reopening unless the sun helped. When temperatures finally rose above freezing, crews rushed out to capitalize on the brief opportunity presented by melting "snowcrete."""

""The storm and its aftermath very publicly exposed issues many of us who follow city government have long worried about: a patchwork approach to winter operations that mainly relies on the sun doing our work for us, secrecy and talking points instead of honest communication, and indifference to pedestrians and those on alleys. This is the city that wants to run the country and, indeed, the world.""

Abolish ICE has become a prominent political slogan while local frustrations focus on municipal failures. Washington, D.C. experienced prolonged closures after a moderate snowstorm, with drifts allowed to harden into ice and little expectation of timely reopening. Crews waited for warmer weather, then deployed in ways that worsened traffic. An estimated 40 percent of the workforce was unable to work for three days, and lost economic activity could approach $100 million. The storm revealed a patchwork winter-operations approach that relies on the sun, features secrecy and talking points instead of candid communication, and displays indifference to pedestrians and alleys.

Read at The American Conservative