GREENFIELD — Local resident George Nowakowski decided he will place fault for today’s significant, out-of-season snow accumulation entirely on mayor Bill Peduto, the 71-year-old confirmed while muttering to himself this morning.
“It’s getting to be every day with this shit,” Nowakowski commented, shaking his head in disapproval.
“First, the Steelers lose to Jacksonville, then Nutting ships off [the Pirates’] best players, and now a snow storm in March. This guy better get his act together.”
Nowakowski’s wife, Shelia, shared her husband’s frustration that the mayor “couldn’t call up the weather people or something” to have the storm diverted elsewhere — a measure, she insisted, former city leaders would have enacted on behalf of the people.
“I’ll tell you what,” she said, her finger wagging uncontrollably. “This would have never happened to Sophie Masloff, God rest her soul. She would have stood out there in them freezing winds, told that storm it can march its way right down to Erie, and that would have been the end of it.”
Mr. Nowakowski said he was prepared for the wintry weather due to a suspicion that “Peduto would try to pull some crap like this,” but he feared his neighbors may not have everything they need.
“People’s toilet paper and bread supplies start to run thin this time of year,” he said, counting the jugs of two-percent milk in his downstairs refrigerator. “But I guess Bill Peduto don’t care if the people got enough chipped ham sandwiches to get by because he just loves the snow too much. Tom Murphy never had done that.”
Despite local reports explaining the inclement weather, Nowakowski remained convinced that the mayor’s office should be held responsible.
“Nah, this thing has got Peduto written all over it,” he said. “Though I’m starting to wonder if [Steelers coach] Mike Tomlin didn’t have a hand in it, too. Would make a lot sense — when you think about it.”
