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Daley does about face; snow plows to roll after all Ever since the Blizzard of '79 buried then-Mayor Michael Bilandic, cutting corners on Chicago snow removal has been the political equivalent of playing with fire. Mayor Daley is apparently tired of getting burned. On Tuesday, the mayor's snow commanders did an about-face on a controversial cost-cutting policy that saw City Hall use less salt, plow side-streets during normal working hours to reduce overtime and skip side-streets altogether after minor snowstorms.