In the wake of Ald. Tom Allen (38th) calling out Mayor Daley on the city's failure to properly plow and salt/sand side streets following last week's and this week's storms (both past and future), other aldermen are now getting antsy for answers from MayDay on exactly what's going on.

Ald. Billy Ocasio is the most outspoken critic of the most recent city snow removal effort, claiming that when he personally called for help for his ward last night, he was passed from department to department --- making him wonder aloud "who's in charge?"

The reason there won't be any sand to put on streets Wednesday morning after the predicted snow tomorrow night is because Mayor Daley has kicked it all in our face. After last week, when inches of snow and ice piled up in Chicago and made things insanely treacherous for everyone and even had an alderman bitching and moaning about the lack of plowing, the city mobilized 184 plows early this morning for a minimal amount of ice. So four inches of snow and ice warrants nothing but a bit of sleet warrants half the fleet? We've known for a while things were ass-backwards at City Hall, but this season's handling of plowing is taking it to new heights. more ›

This morning as we arrived for work at the Chicagoist office, we couldn't help but notice most of the side-streets in the vicinity hadn't been touched by plow or salt in almost 10 days, causing most of the roads to become slick with ice from where drivers had repeatedly driven over the several inches of snow that have piled up in that time. We wondered if we were alone in our consternation and it looks like we are not. Daley insists the city is doing its best to remove side-street snow and ice without resorting to overtime. Meanwhile, both residents and aldermen say requests to 311 aren't being handled in a timely manner. more ›