Rats
- Blame it on the weather. Chicago's rat problem appears to be scurrying right along, thanks to the mild winter.
The number of Chicagoans calling the city to complain about rats is up 28 percent, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Since July, the city's 311 center has received almost 15,900 calls from residents, compared to the 12,000 over the same period last year. Residents can also file rat complaints online at cityofchicago.org and request city crews visit properties that provide conditions susceptible to rats. Crews can then issue "rat stoppage tickets" to owners.
Would it be wrong to hope the plague makes a reappearance?
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
83 Comments:
"Would it be wrong to hope the plague makes a reappearance?"
yes, it would be wrong.
"Crews can then issue 'rat stoppage tickets' to owners."
it's for the children.
There was news footage of a shooting that happen on Saturday morning channel 7 . Three officers walking down the alley and this rat the side of a pug came running out . This cop look like he took a dump in his pants .
Rahm: "Its absolutely untrue. We do not have a rat epidemic on our hands. We have a new method of organic waste disposal via eco-conscious small mammal cohabitation. Additionally crime is not running rampant, we have a spasm in the amount of incidents of citizens meeting their untimely deaths at the hands of a proliferation of lead. Nothing to see here, think of the kids."
Huge infestation of rats at City Hall.
Some residents, have just discovered the services offered through the 311Hepline and that may be a contributing factor in the increase in calls. The city has done a good job in rat control in recent years.
Wonder if they are keeping track of grafitti calls and requests on-line. Have never seen it so bad in the 9th District.
I hate the residents and occupants of Chit-cago
Rats are too good for them, hopefully the bubonic plague makes a re-appearance
Yes. It would be wrong.
Crews can then issue "rat stoppage tickets" to owners
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Tickets to owners who could give a rat's ass, and will never pay them anyway. Seriously, who comes up with these ideas? How about throwing down some rat poison?
Maybe Tiny dancer is the friggin pied piper...
I laughed my ass off watching the daily casualty recap yesterday on CLTV.
While they were filming the police searching a south/west side alley for a victim/offender, a big ass, super-sized, Chicago style super rat slowly strolled past the action.
Even the 4-legged rats have no fear in the new Chicago!
Snitches are bitches!
Would it be wrong...? Nah, only if your wife and children are the the first to die the horrible deaths and you are left to suffer the aftermath as they did in the Dark Ages. Honestly, what a question.
Gotta love that big ass rat the size of a cat tht walked passed the officers at the shooting on the news yesterday.
Rham's Blow Up Rat Comes To Life!
I have a rat complaint. City Hall and the upper echelon of CPD are overrun with rats. Wait, disregard, I believe I am insulting rats.
Saw one on 61 and Natchez.
the biggest rat is streets & san commissioner tom byrne.
he totally destroyed a once proud and functional department.
he has the worst do more with less attitude. there is no morale left in any streets & san employee anymore.
rumors of him retiring have been the only happy news we here.
We also have a problem with our 2 legged rats. Can we lay some rat poison at the doors of the aldermans offices and a lot on the 5th floor of city hall. They are as much as a pain as the litle creatures. What ever is left over send to the white house before November.
One year ago, this local headline:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/03/29/city-plans-to-cut-back-on-rodent-control/
Now a rat explosion. But the dumb ass politicians who like to do more with less blame it on the weather?
They like to do more with less in public safety too. I wonder what will happen to crime rates?
which rats are you referring to, the 2 legged or 4 legged variety--- we have enough of both to keep the pied piper busy for the next decade....
OT somewhat: Check out the new blog at rahmbiesworld.blogspot.com It has potential.
Here's mayor-elect Rahm telling reporters he's going to review the rodent control program.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Why-Chicagos-Got-a-Pending-Rat-Problem-118852014.html
And now the reporters feed the public the city line that the weather is the cause of the rat explosion and that they are increasing the crews to 17 from 15 even though they were cut from 17 to 15 in the first place.
See how that works? You cut the number, then tell them you're increasing the number on the street. Sound familiar?
But are they 2 or 4 legged?
Maybe it's time for a crew to clean out city hall?
lets start with the ones we call alderman and the mayor, lets get them in the abatement program.
Rat populations exploding in a bunch of cities. The surge comes after the EPA banned many of the more effective rat poisons that until last year were within easy reach of consumers. Coincidence?
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2011/ratpoison.html
I hate to say this, SCC, but the THREE city workers who showed up for the rat's nest outside my building took almost one hour to distribute approximately 2 cups of rat poison in a two square foot area. To say they worked at a snail's pace would be an understatement.
One guy was busy promoting his other line of work and flirting with me, one sat in the city vehicle doing nothing and the third flirted with a second person in my building.
No signs were posted anywhere regarding rat control or proper disposal of dog waste and garbage, even though I had said there was big problem with people not cleaning up after their dogs nearby.
Nor was there was any posted warning to passersby and residents that any form of rat poison had been laid down, and I wondered if this was Rahm Emoneybags trying to hide the fact that there is a huge rat problem here.
Plus, every time it rains, the blue rat poison nuggest flood out onto the sidewalk where small children are always picking things up with their bare hands and where dogs are always licking stuff up with their tongues. I personally have cleaned up dozens of these rat poison pellets off the walk.
The rat control workers claim that it is up to the owner to plug the holes shut, but the owner was out of town. Why can't these strokes fill in the holes while they're here??
Since their worthless visit, a rat entered my apartment and I found another rat right outside my place trying to dig it's way inside.
To me, this "job" they did was so half-assed it wasn't funny. I've never seen such a great example of folks on city payola who appeared intent on maintaining a huge backlog of rat complaints in order to keep their city jobs. They must be related to our rat mayor.
I thought you were reffering to the rat jung from 004 until I read the article
Chicago voted #20 dirtiest city in America. They must not have been paying attention to the West or South Sides and the latest rat craze.
Union warned them about cutting rodent control, but the politicians were too fucking smart. That's what makes them so dangerous. They think they know what's better for everyone and lack any common sense or technical proficiency in anything other than scamming other people's money.
That weather sure can do a lot in Chicago. It can close beaches and raise rats. It just doesn't affect the homicide rate. Well, according to our socialist leaders, that is.
The largest infestation is in City Hall.
i thought it was because of the cutbacks on services
i used to be going thru alleys all the time when i worked in chicago
and saw the stickers on poles
maybe the rats are on the "grid" system like the garbage?
Geez could it be our political climate that has more rodent then ever before.....
Solution: PAY ATTENTION NEXT ELECTION....
Can I call 311 and report all of the RATS on the aldercreatures floor at city hall???????????
correct me if im wrong there seems to be a similarly. this is something no citizen wants in their neighborhood. and the city seems unable to do much about it. in the case of the four legged, its poor house keeping. in the case of the two legged its poor parenting. the answer is to extend the school day.
I read that they were going to take shelter cats (47th Ward is to be test case)and turn them loose in alleys to help combat the rats. We've been using our own rat bait for many years. The City never did a great job but it was better about 15 years ago.
thanks for completely frying the City, Daley.
OT:
DCFS Layoffs 300.
Do you see how it works boys and girls?
The Illinois Gov prepares to layoff 300 DCFS workers and starts to get a lil' negative feedback from the taxpayers are presto...
"Fatal Flaws: Prior DCFS involvement fails to save kids." says the Chicago Tribune on their Website
So there ya go!
We need to demonize the agency now to win the hearts and minds of the people that the program doesn't work anyways and that the people working there are lazy, greedy do-nothings.
Instant replay of the Teachers and schools. Instant replay for the CPD and CFD.
If the programs/departments are broken why now? Why? These politicians have got to go!
Rahm says: "stay away from those children. DO YOU HEAR ME!" So as long as the rats stay in the alleys it's all good.
Why not add a $5 charge per month to everyone's electrical bill to pay for the rat removal!
That will give the city the money it needs to create clout jobs for the mayor and aldermen's friends and neighbors -- to rid us of this nuisance once and for all.
We'll call it E-RAT-ification plan and it'll work as well as the way the Top Cop got rid of the Maniac Disciples gang.
at last theres a job cease fire can do. they also dont have to tip off the rats. they certainly have not earned that 1 mil. just what exactly have they done for the money? its truly amazing the way rahm throws money around. if the public accepts this, they deserve it. at the end of the day he will blame us.
Oh leave those rats alone.
We're the sanctuary city and they only came here to make themselves a better life. They are doing the jobs the garbage collectors don't want to do.
Just try and call 311 to complain to the Inspector General about the rat problem and the city employees that are dispatched out.
It's like that clouted city towing operation/auto pound. ONE BIG SCAM.
Money spent for nothing.
Some residents, have just discovered the services offered through the 311Hepline and that may be a contributing factor in the increase in calls. The city has done a good job in rat control in recent years.
9/23/2012 01:35:00 AM
Yeah; right.
Anonymous said...
the biggest rat is streets & san commissioner tom byrne.
he totally destroyed a once proud and functional department.
he has the worst do more with less attitude. there is no morale left in any streets & san employee anymore.
rumors of him retiring have been the only happy news we here.
9/23/2012 08:24:00 AM
Sounds like the xo
mikey at 19. Wish he would give us that happy news! What a prick!
welcome back Commander Moy great performance by the side enteramce to the police station. wow this woman was yelling and screaming out her lung at the copper and then the Sgt amazing poor Sgt.
There was some old Irish guy who used to go out and beat the rats to death with his Irish walking cane (I know it has a name, I just can't spell it). Where is that guy? Probably dead.
The rat that was on the TV the other day at the shooting scene was absolutely the biggest rat I've ever seen, and the officers should have been within rights to shoot it. It looked like it just ate a small child.
I grew up in this town and have lived here on and off for the past 40 years and I haven't seen as many rats on the North Side streets ever. They're everywhere.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) has just contacted Tiny Dancer and offered the city a mini surgical kit for city residents to use on the rat problem. In it are micro tweezers and surgical knife to castrate the male rat and thus make it impossible for him to reproduce. This has been offered to the city at no cost, but with the layers of agencies it has to go through, the mayor has decided to put a price tag at $49.95 on each one ordered on 3-1-1. BUT WAIT ! If you order one now - they will send you a 2nd kit for free - plus they will throw in a free pre filled out absentee ballot for the presidential election. All you have to do is sign it and mail it in the postage paid envelope. Operators are are standing by 24/7. Don't wait - call now. Just dial 3-1-1 for this fantastic offer.
DISCLAIMER - - No tomatoes were damaged in the making of this statement.
Plague is seeing a resurgence out west.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57515352-10391704/friend-of-oregon-man-diagnosed-with-plague-also-becomes-infected/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57510379-10391704/colorado-girl-7-leaves-hospital-after-recovering-from-black-death-bubonic-plague/
You'll probably want to take care of those rats before it propagates east.
the biggest rat is streets & san commissioner tom byrne.
he totally destroyed a once proud and functional department.
he has the worst do more with less attitude. there is no morale left in any streets & san employee anymore.
rumors of him retiring have been the only happy news we here.
Agreed with you.
He has them MIDGET Napoleon syndrome just like his boss the Jew boy.
Byrne said that he is good enough to keep up the pace, with any laborer behind the garbage truck....He said what?
Is easy to say than done SHORTY...I would like to see the DUMB fuck working below zero for eight hours five days a week during a blizzard perhaps during those 110 degree days or rain.
If it was not for your CHINA MAN Alderman O'connor you will be pushing a hot dog cart at portage park
Who is he kidding.
Just retire....you will not be missed
I have been in pest control for 20+ years in the city/suburbs and I have never seen so many rats. When I can walk down prairie, wabash or state in the south loop and see rats on a daily basis without the usual overflowing of restaurant dumpsters, I know there is a problem. I have firsthand knowledge that the city of chicago went from buying 400k worth of Maki rodenticide per year just a few years ago to less than 25% of that now. That being said, we are going to have a problem. I will say that leaves a lot less poison to be sold for cash by the city employees but it also means less poison in the rat burrows. Yes...every exterminator doing work in the city has been confronted by a streets/sans employee wanting to sell some Maki pellets. I, for one, am glad to the city doing less; that means more work for me, less wasted tax dollars for the citizens of chicago
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It's for the Children, Think of the Children!
I set a trap under my grill and lo and behold I snagged a mouse. A good sized mouse obviously well feed. Any larger and it would have been considered a rat. I threw it the garbage after he died. The fall season is around the corner so make sure you protect the grill area.
I grill all year round even though I do not have a permit!
When I saw the heading I was sure you were going to talk about the alderman
he has the worst do more with less attitude. there is no morale left in any streets & san employee anymore.
rumors of him retiring have been the only happy news we here.
9/23/2012 08:24:00 AM
Wow--didn't know the 'do more with less' had hit S & S so hard too.
I've long been done doing more with less.
27 years on the job and I could give a fuck about being on a late list. They ain't seen nothing yet. The last holdouts have seen the light.
Late list?
Bwahahahaha!
Anonymous said...
correct me if im wrong there seems to be a similarly. this is something no citizen wants in their neighborhood. and the city seems unable to do much about it. in the case of the four legged, its poor house keeping. in the case of the two legged its poor parenting. the answer is to extend the school day.
9/23/2012 04:55:00 PM
....for the children.
Anonymous said...
Huge infestation of rats at City Hall.
9/23/2012 12:09:00 AM
Rahm is ordering professional courtesy be extended to his 4-legged vermin cousins. There are many descendants from Mayors of bygone eras living down there.
Hey your starting to look like NYC in Chicago.. next you'll have some animal rights groups saying you can't KILL them and try to ship them over the river to another state like they do in NYC..LOL.. I guess Chicago CAN go lower than it already is.. it can be a twin city to NY.. BTW the whole state is starting to sound a lot like CA only in CA they get to VOTE on things..
City Hall is to announce next week that the increase in the rat population is decreasing at a rapid rate. It is decreasing so rapidly that the entire rat population is projected to be zero and below by next spring.
On another note next year's Taste of Chicago is being reduced to 3 days and was declared to be a total success, being attended by 36 people who spent $79.95. The most popular booth was the Milwaukee, WI booth that passed out discount coupons for Summerfest.
The city has not even updated the computerized reporting system for posting rodent complaints. If you search for this online form, it states that Mayor Daley is taking the lead on fighting rat proliferation in Chicago. What a joke. The rat infestation has spread citywide and into the suburbs, no neighborhood is safe now.
"There was news footage of a shooting that happen on Saturday morning channel 7 . Three officers walking down the alley and this rat the side of a pug came running out . This cop look like he took a dump in his pants ."
Was it two legged, or four?
A “Rat stoppage ticket” that will solve all the problems for sure! Too bad we can’t issue one down at City Hall – A “DemocRAT stoppage ticket”.
King Midget probably cut back on the efforts to kill the rats so that the inspectors could write more of these tickets.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/11/16/let-loose-the-coyotes-chicago-embraces-rat-hunting-predators/
The peregrine falcons nesting at various locations in the city have cut back on the pigeon population.
Perhaps we can train some similar birds to deal with the rat population.
I live in Ravenswood and I have rat traps set up all around the perimeter of my two flat. Always get one or two a year along with an occasional squirrel.
Some residents, have just discovered the services offered through the 311Hepline and that may be a contributing factor in the increase in calls. The city has done a good job in rat control in recent years.
9/23/2012 01:35:00 AM
Uh, yeah. Right. You fucking city hall hack pussy mother fucker.
Since their worthless visit, a rat entered my apartment and I found another rat right outside my place trying to dig it's way inside.
To me, this "job" they did was so half-assed it wasn't funny. I've never seen such a great example of folks on city payola who appeared intent on maintaining a huge backlog of rat complaints in order to keep their city jobs. They must be related to our rat mayor.
9/23/2012 01:32:00 PM
Fear not, child. Let me know where you live and I'll be by with the BB gun.
Check out how many fucking diseases rats carry! It'll really creep you out. The fucking plague may be coming back to us. Thanks for that Sanctuary City bullshit you fuck headed socialist scum! You brought the fucking Third World home to us with your bed bugs and rodents!
SCC, so you're telling me I can call 311 to get rid off my Keith Herrera problem?
Does this total include all of the two legged rats running around.
Anonymous said...
the biggest rat is streets & san commissioner tom byrne.
he totally destroyed a once proud and functional department.
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Did you write that with a straight face?
Proud and functional.....except for being run by the mafia, infiltrated by the mafia, and littered with ghost payrollers, political hacks, and other such things?
Relax boys and girls. I have a plan. First, I am going to layoff the rodent control people. Next, I'm going to privatize the entire operation by hiring cat wranglers. This plan is similar to the shepherds I'm hiring to manage the grass at O'Hare, except with cats. The whole operation will run on a grid system similar to garbage pickup. We must get this problem solved for the sake of "Our Children".
Wait didn't I already solve the our cildren thing? I'm so confused. This job is a lot tougher than I thought. Too bad that damn judge ruled in my favor on the residency issue.
Anonymous said...
Since their worthless visit, a rat entered my apartment and I found another rat right outside my place trying to dig it's way inside.
To me, this "job" they did was so half-assed it wasn't funny. I've never seen such a great example of folks on city payola who appeared intent on maintaining a huge backlog of rat complaints in order to keep their city jobs. They must be related to our rat mayor.
9/23/2012 01:32:00 PM
Fear not, child. Let me know where you live and I'll be by with the BB gun.
9/24/2012 01:40:00 AM
thanks, dear sir or madam, for your kind offer. you'd have a field day here. it'd be fun to see my pro gun control neighbors get their feathers ruffled too.
Anonymous said...
Some residents, have just discovered the services offered through the 311Hepline and that may be a contributing factor in the increase in calls. The city has done a good job in rat control in recent years.
9/23/2012 01:35:00 AM
Uh, yeah. Right. You fucking city hall hack pussy mother fucker.
9/24/2012 01:36:00 AM
SCC! This swearing commenter is 100% accurate. Your site is being used for Rahm's propaganda, more so these past couple months. It's rampant as rats here!
And on the other end of the rat scale, there's this from the Wall Street Journal: "In Alberta, Citizens Smell a Rat After Long-Banned Rodents Appear" online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444023704577649542478244040.html Alberta sounds pretty good right about now.
And, from our friends at WGN: Robin And Larry Grossed Out by Rat Video http://www.cltv.com/videogallery/67457588/News/Robin-Larry-grossed-by-rat-video
Anonymous said...
Some residents, have just discovered the services offered through the 311Hepline and that may be a contributing factor in the increase in calls. The city has done a good job in rat control in recent years.
9/23/2012 01:35:00 AM
try calling 311 for rat control. then don't hold your breath. two months later, they still will not have paid a visit. and your call will mysteriously have disappeared off their list.
"Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posey..."
"Rat populations exploding in a bunch of cities. The surge comes after the EPA banned many of the more effective rat poisons that until last year were within easy reach of consumers. Coincidence?"
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2011/ratpoison.html
--9/23/2012 12:16:00 PM
Thanks! I followed up this link --
THE IDIOTS HAVE BANNED D-CON!
Read the f__ing box. It TELLS you to keep it out of reach of kids, household animals, etc. In the past when I used it I always put it against the wall behind a pile of toolboxes, behind the stove, whatever -- where the rodents run, along the baseboard. Nothing else can get at it there if you place it right.
Yeah -- rat explosion because of "idiots might hurt someone." Everyone suffers because of "lowest common denominator."
Also well-known terrible rat problem in Bel-Cragin, all the way down south through Cicero. People living 15-40 in a house, huge amounts of garbage being shoved out into the alley, it is RatFest. I mean, great big foil trays of leftover catered food from big get-togethers, etc., you might as well put out place markers for the rats, little rolled-up dinner napkins for them.
Parts of 025 get 2 trash pickups a week, and I understand that someone at S&S who attributed some of it to illegal-alien overcrowding got fired for saying this.
"I have been in pest control for 20+ years in the city/suburbs and I have never seen so many rats..."
--9/23/2012 08:41:00 PM
Excellent post, sir. Thank you for the first-hand information.
9/24/2012 01:40:00 AM
thanks, dear sir or madam, for your kind offer. you'd have a field day here. it'd be fun to see my pro gun control neighbors get their feathers ruffled too.
9/24/2012 07:58:00 AM
I'm very discreet. You shall not even notice my presence. Only the sudden decline in your rodent population. Just name a neighborhood. I'll be there like Batman.
1:35am The rat control was handled by other administrations when I said the.city had previously did a.good.job. Rahm has not been in office long enough to "fix" everything that is broken. When callling 311 you are supposed to request a tracking number so you request.for services cannot "disappear" out of the.system.
Anonymous said...
9/24/2012 01:40:00 AM
thanks, dear sir or madam, for your kind offer. you'd have a field day here. it'd be fun to see my pro gun control neighbors get their feathers ruffled too.
9/24/2012 07:58:00 AM
I'm very discreet. You shall not even notice my presence. Only the sudden decline in your rodent population. Just name a neighborhood. I'll be there like Batman.
9/24/2012 11:04:00 PM
Chalkie of the rat world! my hero!
Anonymous said...
1:35am The rat control was handled by other administrations when I said the.city had previously did a.good.job. Rahm has not been in office long enough to "fix" everything that is broken. When callling 311 you are supposed to request a tracking number so you request.for services cannot "disappear" out of the.system.
9/25/2012 03:04:00 AM
Do you forward your defenses of Rahm to city hall so they know you're a good little Rahmulan? Fuck you and that nine fingered prick.
Time to invest in some pussy cats
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