text: I'm one of the biggest critics of Robertson -- I can't stand him.  But he is entitled to his vacation afterall and it's not as if it were a 9/11 situation, or a catastrophic earthquake.
  
  Also there is an acting mayor in place while he is away.  
  
  What city council and city services should be blamed for is for their lack of preparation and, as usual, making up excuses that they were not prepared, are doing their best, blah, blah, blah....the question is WHY are they constantly not prepared ever five years or so when Vancouver gets walloped by snow?  Where is the lessons learned?  Even when mistakes happen why are they so slow to react?
  
  And here's the hypocrisy of the CUPE union: they want private citizens to line up in the cold, get salt, and salt the sidewalks, alleys, and roads which really should be the city's job.   But back when they were on strike, they implicitly threatened private citizens who were picking up garbage at parks citing they were infringing on CUPE.