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Blizzard blowback, executive orders, angry croc

Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken urged residents to be patient as crews continued to plow streets and remove snow following a storm that left more than 14 inches of snow.

So far this season, Sioux Falls has seen double the amount of snow that it typically gets at this point, and the latest storm left many people homebound. When plows did arrive, residents took to social media to air their grievances about snow berms at the end of driveways. That led to questions about snow gates, and accusations they weren’t used by plow crews.

Snow gates were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2014. At the time, voters were told that the gates, which attach to plows and are deployed to limit snow dams in driveways as a plow passes, weren’t effective after about 6 inches of snow. And if they aren’t effective after 6 inches, they certainly aren’t effective after 14.

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