Democrat says snowstorm is a beautiful day

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Faced with a growing avalanche of criticism for keeping classes open during a blizzard, the city’s schools boss fired back Thursday with a flippant answer that was bound to infuriate parents.


“It’s absolutely a beautiful day out there,” Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina said.


Farina made the callous crack at a press conference where a defensive Mayor de Blasio defended the decision not to cancel school even as New York City was being bombarded with snow.


"Unlike some cities, we don't shut down in the face of adversity," de Blasio said. "I'm going to make decisions based on the information we have."


Within minutes, Farina beat it out of the city’s storm center at the Office of Emergency Management.


A short time later, Farina’s office announced that her town hall meeting in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn was cancelled “due to inclement weather.”


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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-parents-angry-schools-open-snowstorm-article-1.1612952#ixzz2tEKQPUpV
 
Big Money said:
I think it's what I call "a Democrats are hypocrites day".

Remember when the Republican governor of Georgia was pilloried because Atlanta schools didn't close during a snowstorm?
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Not really. Sounds like it had a real effect on you, though.

This is a non-story. Sorry.
 
Now, back to the beautiful day:


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Somebody furious with the city for refusing to cancel classes created a "Close NYC Schools During Snow Emergencies" Facebook page that had garnered more than 6,000 likes by 10 a.m.



http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-parents-angry-schools-open-snowstorm-article-1.1612952#ixzz2tERY8uSw
 
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DID DEMS PUT FEDERAL $ AHEAD OF KID'S SAFETY?​




Faced with a blizzard of criticism from angry parents forced to trudge with their kids to school through a nor’easter that dumped up to three inches of snow an hour on the Big Apple, a seemingly out-of-touch Chancellor Carmen Fariña defended the call to keep classes open — blindly declaring it “a beautiful day out there” as wet flakes and freezing rain continued to pelt New Yorkers.


Fariña and her head-in-a-snowdrift boss, Mayor de Blasio, scrambled to explain why school buses were rolling and kids sliding through the blinding storm, with Hizzoner trying to pin the blame on the National Weather Service for not providing a more precise inch count the night before, and insinuating the agency had low-balled its forecast.


“It has totally stopped snowing. It’s absolutely a beautiful day out there right now,” Fariña said during a Thursday-morning news conference with de Blasio, 45 minutes after Gov. Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the city and its suburbs.


“It’s getting warmer, which means that, theoretically, the snow will start melting,” Fariña said as the jaws of reporters in attendance and parents across the city collectively dropped.


De Blasio and Farina defended their call to keep schools open as weather forecasts predicted a severe winter storm with six 6 to 10 inches of snow for the city.


Fariña also announced that kids who did not show up would be officially marked as absent, saying, “At the course of a whole day, you can still get to school.”


de Blasio insisted he made the right call, and seemed to buck the science behind weather forecasting.


“We don’t second-guess the National Weather Service,” he declared, before proceeding to do just that.


Fariña admitted to reporters that “dangerous conditions” existed by 7 a.m., but that apparently didn’t change her mind.


“Today” show weatherman Al Roker was incensed, tweeting, “Talk about a bad prediction. Long range DeBlasio forecast: 1 term” and “@NYCMayorsOffice says snow was faster/heavier than expected. No, Mr. Mayor. It came as predicted. Don’t blame weather for YOUR poor policy.”




http://nypost.com/2014/02/14/de-blasio-ripped-for-leaving-schools-open-in-winter-mess/
 
It's certainly not a "non story" here in New York City.

De Blasio is rapidly piling up gaffe upon gaffe, the day before springing one of his high-profile supporters out of jail despite having two open warrants. That's a no-no.

This guy clearly isn't ready for prime time.
 
Taft2016 said:
It's certainly not a "non story" here in New York City. De Blasio is rapidly piling up gaffe upon gaffe, the day before springing one of his high-profile supporters out of jail despite having two open warrants. That's a no-no. This guy clearly isn't ready for prime time.
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Thing1 is a desperate defender of Democrat de Blasio. He was duly debunked and should be disdainfully disregarded.




School Chancellor Carmen Farina clueless defended the decision to keep schools open during Thursday’s lethal Nor’easter – incredibly saying “it’s a beautiful day out there,” as snow and freezing rain fell.


“It has totally stopped snowing. It’s absolutely a beautiful day out there right now,” she said at a morning news conference with de Blasio.


“Obviously it’s not as nice as it is where my husband is in South Beach, but it’s a lot better than it was before.” ” she said, as she and de Blasio burst out laughing.


“Why the public school system is open today in these conditions is astounding. Putting the lives of teachers, administrators, and most importantly, children, in danger by telling them to travel in this weather is incomprehensible. Chancellor Farina and the DOE staff: you have some serious explaining to do,” said James Hong on the Department of Education’s Facebook page, which had hundreds of negative comments.


TV personality and weatherman Al Roker tweeted a response from the Olympics in Sochi. “How dare @NYCMayorsOffice @NYCSchools throw NWS under the school bus. Forecast was on time and on the money,” Roker wrote.


http://nypost.com/2014/02/13/school-chancellor-defends-opening-schools-its-a-beautiful-day-out/
 
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