If it is "rare" to have all the plows on the roads at once, maybe there should be more thought to using the equipment to full capacity during significant weather events.
Anything that involves tax payers money should be disclosed to those same tax payers. Why the secrecy and why was this whole thing started in the first place?
The middle class has been eroding for years and our Governments have ignored it and in fact the corruption in our Governments has speeded up this erosion.