This time, he is complaining that the PDW isn't moving fast enough for him. Never mind that we have already had the second or third snowiest December on record. Never mind that parking restrictions were lifted for Christmas.
But instead of being quiet, and letting people simply think he is a goofball, he has to go on and prove it:
So he is complaining about a problem that doesn't exist. Nothing new there. But it only gets better:"Many of our side streets are simply impassable for emergency vehicles," Donovan told reporters. "These streets need to be cleared out."
However, Donovan said he was not aware of any case where a firetruck, ambulance or squad car had been unable to get through.
Patrick Curley, Mayor Tom Barrett's chief of staff, and Mike Engelbart, a public works official, said ticketing resumed today as planned, and towing was set to start about 3:30 p.m., with plows in place to clear snow after cars are towed. City crews have been working their way through each neighborhood and just reached Donovan's district today, they said.
Curley said Donovan was briefed about the situation at 11 a.m., or 2 1/2 hours before his 1:30 p.m. news conference. Donovan said he didn't get any information until 1:05 p.m., after he had made repeated phone calls to the Department of Public Works and had sent out an announcement of his news conference.
Even if one gives Donovan the benefit of the doubt, and presumes he is being accurate that he didn't know until a half hour before the news conference, that would have still given him plenty of time to either cancel the event, or at least change what he was going to say.
But it is like Patrick Curley says:
"Bob thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, and that's only true if he's the only guy in the room."Personally, I think he may be giving Donovan too much credit.
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