Bit of an angry first post there alfalpha.
not sure bout the ground view but from the aviators point of view
The roads around my house most definately did suffer from rapid freezing rain, snow and drizzle. De-icing fluid costs way more than jet fuel cetainly based on the ammount we get charged for it. I think the problem has been explained as not the stockpiles but the rather uncooperative weather.
The fluids used can both de-ice and anti-ice (well the aircraft ones can)
As for your final point there have been numerous incidents of aircraft recieving substantial damage in incidents at taxi speed and recent advice from the CAA on taxiway conditions has been covered elsewhere on pprune but it does require a higher standard than it used to.
edited to add
have a read of this for the dangers of slippy taxi ways.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ty_022809.hcsp