D.C. prepared to plow past suburbs in 2011

The streets of Manhattan were impassable for most of this week, which was fine by me. My wife and I trained up during Sunday’s blizzard, bought boots on sale across from Grand Central Station and spent Monday walking 60 blocks up the middle of Madison Avenue, past marooned buses and fishtailing taxis. Fun! But not so great for sidelined New Yorkers who blamed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for botching the basic task of clearing the streets.

My prediction is that the next D.C. snowstorm gets gone in a flash from our streets. Why? William Howland, our snow removal boss. Mayor Tony Williams appointed him to run his public works department in 2004; Adrian Fenty convinced him to stay; incoming Mayor Vince Gray wants him to remain.