Officials failed residents with their lack of plowing

'Twas the week of the holidays and all through the town, not a creature was stirring, not even a snowplow. The moon on the breast of the ice covered streets, showed a luster of neglect,  with mounds of new snow.  When what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a blade on a dump truck carving a single narrow path, never fear.  As I drew in my head and was turning around, down from the sky came more  snow with a bound.

The holidays were here, the weekends too, again there was no present of  a grader in the sight. Even downtown seemed to suffer our plight.

Away to county garage  employees flew like a flash, and I heard them exclaim ere they drove out of sight:  "We need another supplemental levy if you actually want us to do something … good night!"

LAWRENCE FURY

Sandpoint