Ed Grady Videos : WBBM Channel 2 News Special Report - "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers" (Part 2, 1979)

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WBBM Channel 2 News Special Report - "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers" (Part 2, 1979)

Here's Part 2 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire Commissioner Richard Albrecht, and Police Superintendent James O'Grady taking questions from irate Chicagoans. Also featuring Steve Shepard at the 6200 block of South Archer in Southwest Chicago, and Bob Wallace at the A&P parking lot at Clark and Halsted on the North Side. Includes: Bill Kurtis introducing a live mini-cam remote with Steve Shepard, who has people lined up to pose questions to any of the four guests. Steve starts off by mentioning that a crew from Rochester, NY has helped in clearing the streets of the area. He next talks to Bob Miller of Garfield Ridge who asks Degnan if the main bus routes will be cleared as well as Archer had been; Degnan says there may be more snow coming in Friday night, and he doesn't think his crews would be finished before then. Steve next goes to Laverne Stanley (sp)? from Archer and Mulligan, who asks Degnan why Snow Command didn't have enough men and equipment in preparation for the big snow; Degnan insists they did, dating back to the previous snowstorm on New Year's Eve. Steve then goes to Michael Quinoles (sp)? of Garfield Ridge, who asks how much the city plans to spend on cleanup; Degnan says they'll do it "whatever it costs," and ...

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