Disappointed by plowing

I am writing regarding the city’s attempt at plowing my neighborhood on Jan. 21. We left just as the plows were coming down our street, leaving no cars in front or beside our home. In years past when there was a clear area to plow, they usually got as much of the snow out of the area as possible and left a relatively small pile to break down and came back and cleared the corners so the drains and sidewalks were somewhat clear.

Not so this year. I was very disappointed and upset to come home and find that not only had they neglected to clear the corner, leaving a fourth-grader-size snowball in their wake, but also left a 4-foot-wide berm in front of my house without any attempt to clean it up some. I live on a narrow street as it is and now it is twice as narrow.

Thank goodness we have a garage for my wife, and I have a 4x4, otherwise we would have been breaking our backs to clear what has been better taken care of by the city.

Matt Griffith

Spokane