It's one thing to bounce off ideas...theories, thoughts..etc..etc..to try and explain actions. But the reality is...the mayor let 200 to 400 buses just sit.
Forget all the reasons that you've thrown out there.
This was an E M E R G E N C Y ....and emergencies require fast action. The mayor was supposely in charge..was he not?
FWIW-
Why are you trying to pin the malfeasance on one person, when I'm trying to pin it on many irresponsible and negligent individuals.
If the School Board had risen above its torpor, bureacracy, laziness, and corruption back in June, and if there had been a plan and preparations for the use of school buses, there would have been no need for commandeering buses, or looking for drivers (when the PD was bugging out), or locating fuel, or any of the other half-dozen steps required to get the buses out of the parking lots.
The School Board should have assented to the use of the buses and had a plan to deploy them in emergencies, at a moment's notice.
The did not. They resisted the whole idea, as is clearly evidenced in the June 9th minutes.