Chicago has done it again and come out on top, winning the dubious award as the nation’s “rattiest city: for the tenth straight year.
Congratulations, Chitown.
Orkin Pest Control hands out this dubious award every year, and Chicago just can’t be beat.
“This decade-long dominance highlights the city’s ongoing battle with rodents, as well as the efforts taken to treat their presence, which has been driven largely by the Windy City’s infrastructure and environment,” the Orkin report said.
Illinois Democrat state Rep. La Shawn Ford says that this is all no big deal.
“I’ve been places on the east coast where rats are sitting on people’s front porches and walking,” he said, according to The Center Square. “I am more comfortable in Chicago as it relates to the rat problem than I am in other cities.”
Center Square added:
With the number of infestations sharply on the rise since the pandemic, part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget recently allocated almost $15 million to the Bureau of Rodent Control to combat the problem. The plan includes conducting more inspections and baiting more alleys and sewers.
As recently as 2022, data shows residents across the city filed more than 50,000 rat complaints with most of them coming on the South and West Sides. Axios has reported with city resources now stretched to the limit, the city’s Inspector General’s office is now auditing the Bureau of Rodent Control.
It’s all just another massive Democrat Party failure.
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