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LIKE THIS, YOU FIGURE OUT THE
BAD SIDE OF HAVING DECENTRALIZED
GOVERNMENT.
ATLANTA NEEDS TO MOVE ON.
GEORGIA NEEDS TO MOVE ON.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE
OF GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK CITY
WHERE THE MAYOR CONTROLS THE
CITY AND EVERYTHING AROUND THAT
CITY.
AND THE MAYOR CAN MAKE DECISIONS
ON ROAD CLOSURES.
HE HAS EMERGENCY POWERS AS FAR
SZ WHEN THE SCHOOL CLOSES.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN ATLANTA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL
GOVERNMENTS RUN BY THE COUNTY.
AS A RESULT, THIS HAS MADE THE
PROBLEM WORSE.
MOTHER NATURE HAD A VOTE HERE,
BUT IN NO WAY THOSE SCHOOLS
SHOULD HAVE EVEN OPENED
YESTERDAY.
AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER OPENED.
>> THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO GET
TO, THE HEART OF THE ISSUE.
DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE WE
WERE TOLD THAT THE -- THAT THE
GOVERNMENT OFFICES WERE GIVEN
NOTICE AT 10 A.M. YESTERDAY.
10 A.M., THAT THEY COULD GO
HOME.
AND YET A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS
NOT DECLARED UNTIL AFTER 5 P.M.
WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF MOTORISTS WERE
STUCK ON A VIRTUAL SKATING RINK.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE SEEN ALL
OF THE CRISIS THAT'S UNRAVELED
SINCE THEN.
NOW WE HEAR THE MAYOR SAY WE
MADE A MISTAKE NOT STAGGERING
PEOPLE.
I'M STILL WONDERING, WHO NEEDS
TO TELL THE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE?
WHO NEEDS TO SET THE BALL IN
MOTION FOR ALL THESE INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES TO TAKE HEED FROM THE
LEADERSHIP?
>> THE LEADERSHIP IS PREVENTING
A CRISIS.
RESPONDING TO THEM, YOU'VE SEEN
WHAT YOU SEE, CALL OUT THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
THE GOOD THING IS, WE DON'T HAVE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HERE TO
BLAME THIS TIME.
BUT THAT'S THE NORMAL SCENARIO
WE GO THROUGH.
BUT ALL THE PREDICTIONS, I MEAN,
THE -- ALL THE WEATHER PEOPLE
HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR 24
HOURS.
IT'S COMING, IT'S COME, IT'S
COMING.
IT SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THE
STATE GOVERNMENT DECLARING
PEOPLE NOT TO COME TO WORK AND
ONLY HAVING ESSENTIAL PEOPLE.
AND I HOPE THE GOVERNOR AND THE
MAYOR LEARN FROM THIS, THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACT
BEFORE THESE EVENTS, NOT MAKE
SOME SYMBOLIC GESTURE AFTER