Indiana

Snow Job

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I always say this kind of weather brings out some bizarre behavior in people, particularly some of my Democratic friends.

Over at Indy Democrat, Jon Easter bemoans the fact that the Superintendent of  Public Instruction, Dr. Tony Bennett, is not granting waivers for schools that were closed due to the weather.

Easter must have forgotten that under former Superintendent of Public Instruction Sue Ellen Reed schools would have had to make up the first five days they missed due to weather and then make up one day for every three days missed after that.   If anyone is going to get their underwear in a bunch it should be over the idiotic school administrators who only built one snow day into their calenders.

And over at the Indianapolis Times,  Terry Burns is lamenting the Mayor’s trip to Dallas for the Super Bowl as the city digs its way out of this week’s snowstorm.  Burns thinks the Mayor should stay here with a shovel.  Apparently he’s not aware that the primary and secondary roads are in great shape and the city is moving into clearing residential neighborhoods and looking at ways to assist school districts with their issues.

The weather does do funny things to people, but now that things have cleared up my friends can get out of the house and get some fresh air.  it will do them some good.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).