I enjoy the variation in weather that our Minnesota seasons provide. However, I don't appreciate having snow plowed into my driveway, especially if it should happen soon before I need to leave for an important appointment. On such occasions, there is no time for me for get help and I must remove the snow very carefully with small shovelfuls, at a time in my life when I am about twice the age of a person who might be told to hang up the snow shovel for good. For some time now, a snow plow attachment has existed that has a gate that can be lowered temporarily when the snow plowing vehicle approaches a driveway. This attachment blocks the flow of snow from the curb end of the plow until the plow has passed beyond the driveway. The result is that there is very little plowing residue left in the driveway entrance and the home owner only needs to remove the precipitated snow, if not done beforehand, not the heavy, packed snow that the plow leaves. This snow plow attachment also works at public crosswalks where many people have difficulty climbing over mounds of snow in order to cross the streets. In addition it would remove the danger of children sliding into the path of a vehicle when they might be on a crosswalk mound while waiting for a vehicle to pass. Why hasn't the City of Minneapolis been using this procedure? I would guess that to do so would be unnatural in the Minneapolis City Hall where improvements in basic services may be deferred in order to bring about grandiose schemes that should have a lesser priority, if implemented at all. But I will give the denizens of City Hall some help. The name and address of the manufacturer of the attachment that I have described is as follows: Root Spring Scraper Co. 527 West North Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 616-382-2025 Let us all think carefully about how we are going to vote on November sixth. Neal E. Simons Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
