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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Single mom of two toddlers who lives in in Randolph Hills needs to shovel her own sidewalk.

Retired, elderly woman aging in place in Chevy Chase View needs to shovel own sidewalk.

Young 30-something childless couple who live in Aspen Hill don’t need to shovel own sidewalk because they are “vulnerable”. [/quote]

That's not the logic though. Go read the bill. Nothing in the bill and comments on it is about the people who live along these designated routes being unable or unwilling to clear snow. That's something OP invented to start this thread. The actual reason for the bill, which is explained in the staff notes on it, is that these are areas with high usage of public transit and lots of pedestrians, so making sure the sidewalks are clear is more important. It's about the relative importance of public access, not who can and can't be expected to shovel. It's the same reason they currently shovel urban areas, that's not based on a belief that people in urban areas are less able to shovel.[/quote]

I live in Aspen Hill. There are lots of sidewalks that aren't covered by any homeowners association or that even have houses anywhere near them. Like basically along stretches of road with retail or buildings that are for sale and unoccupied. (like on Georgia through Aspen Hill and near Glenmont.)

And some of us white people and people with kids live in the Aspen Hill area too.

So it's not like it's in front of anyone's sfh, like in Chevy Chase view. And it's not under any HOA or city jurisdiction. [b]And the cheap apartment owners seem to want to take in money and not provide services (I thankfully live.in a sfh.)[/b][/quote]
This is exactly the point. Instead of enforcing the law against those property owners who refuse to comply, they have decided to give them free services. [/quote]

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