Monday, February 11, 2008

"Round here, we measure our mayors in inches."

I was reminded of this by a wise, mature woman whose knowledge of New Albany and its politics goes way back.

It sounds as if it could be a double entendre, and I'm sure it created a grin or two from January 2000 to December 2003.

But in case you haven't heard it before, it reflects this fact: A mayor's first big snow is his (or her) first big test. The mayor is measured by the number of inches removed from the streets in the shortest amount of time.

I called it "Doug's First Crisis." It will be interesting to see how Mayor England and his team deal with this unexpectedly bountiful snowfall.

We invite you to contribute your own "New Albanisms" in the comments section below.

1 comment:

Shadow5 said...

Haven't heard any reports about flooding yet, and all reports aren't in on snow removal, but it appears that things went pretty well on Monday night and Tuesday.

Anybody else have news on that front.