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like Paul and his wife, i'm from a small town in New Jersey. the town plowed even the dirt road i grew up on. we were never trapped on the top of our hill the way we are trapped on the top of hill here.
i watched a snow plow on sw vermont yesterday. in NJ, the snow plows scrape right down to the pavement. this snow plow left about inch of snow and slush on the street surface. when you don't get the snow off the road surface, driving on it packs it down and turns it into ice at night.
my last point is about school closures. i live near Wilson High and Reike Elementary. the school district did absolutely nothing to clear the sidewalks or parking lots. so the snow turned into ice on the sidewalks and parking lots. it's difficult to open the school when you can't walk safely from Capital Hwy to the front door of your school.

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