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A parked Kim Jong Koch Plaza mini tractor
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The mostly rain event Friday night turned into glazing snow event on top of rain that once combined then froze into black ice when overnight temperatures plummeted.
Time for someone to take down Xmas decorations
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That and auto insurance companies.
By Saturday morning, however, local snow and ice removal efforts were much improved even if mostly but salt spread at it was the only viable way to go as the snowfall had mostly been but a coating at most over black ice.
An all but invariably well-detailed mayoral ride
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Also curious was how the mayor’s full-sized SUV city ride was seen driving about on Hancock Street early morning on Saturday on its way to Merrymount Street and so likely headed to either Department of Public Works and/or Police headquarters.
Why curious was not that the mayor was out and about in his city ride,
Rather, what was curious was that his jet black ride was spotless on a day when most cars were covered with road salt even though his ride was far away from a car wash when it was spotted by a roving Quincy Quarry News Citizen Road Monitor..
Easy money!
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Similarly curious was how the VIP parking lot behind City Hall had a surprising number of personal rides in it given such a modest storm event, especially as the Saturday morning snow event was a modes snow melted when it hit the pavement snow event.
In any event, weekend overtime surely piled up while the city’s salt pile inventory continues to decrease in size to disconcerting level per Quincy Quarry News’ unofficial sources..
A ‘mixed bag,’ huh? That’s a polite way of saying half the streets looked like the Arctic tundra while the other half got more salt than a South Shore Facebook comments section. Classic Quincy -— either over-prepared or MIA, with no in-between. Hope you like adventure, because driving around town is basically a Choose Your Own Disaster novel!