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Among the dozens of emails included in this week's city council agenda was this one calling for another vote on residential snow-clearing. (CBC )

Amid a snowier-than usual winter in Saskatoon, there's been a blizzard of angry emails from citizens waiting to get their streets cleared.

The letters, many strongly worded, a few in capital letters, were attached to Monday's city council agenda.

Afternoon Edition host Craig Lederhouse brought in Shakespearean actor Kent Allen for a dramatic treatment.

And so, without any further ado, here's Allen, who's playing King Lear in a current production at the Persephone Theatre:

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