Just this week, we heard the story of a snow plow driver shortage. Montana is trying to hire close to 100 drivers to clear the roads and we sure could use them now . One problem is that job requires a CDL license. I don't know why, when it is a different class truck than a semi. In fact farmers in the state are exempt from having a CDL if they are driving their own truck.
The Gazette reports that Billings’ record to-date snowfall once again activated residential snowplowing Thursday morning, and the growing public cost to pay private operators may soon drift into the red. Of the $420,000 allocated for residential snowplowing during the current fiscal year, about $75,000 remains...