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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
[DM] Rat sightings are up 60% in NYC since Mayor Bill de Blasio slashed Sanitation Department's budget by $100M - leaving piles of garbage to stack up on sidewalks as officials warn city will be 'overrun' by rodents without action
2020-08-20
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  The've been doing that for decades. The first budget items are always the pet-projects. The critical Police, Medical, Infrastructure always come last. That way they can claim they don't have enough for them and need to raise taxes.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-08-20 14:56  

#11  Politicians always cut the most important things first: police, fire, paramedics, sanitation. That way, people will complain to their Congresscritters that the feds HAVE to give NYC money or people will DIE!!!
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2020-08-20 14:17  

#10  Honey? I think we have a Ratt problem...
Posted by: Raj   2020-08-20 13:01  

#9  Global Warming means it is getting hotter. Most things expand as they get warmer. Does this mean we will soon see Rodents of Unusual Size swarming about NYC?
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-20 12:29  

#8  The return of Willard and Ben.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-08-20 12:09  

#7  Giuliani slams 'corrupt' de Blasio for rising crime in NYC: 'Pro-criminal, anti-police' policies
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-20 10:37  

#6  'People will die!': Bill de Blasio is slammed by EMT union boss as it's revealed 400 - or 10% - of the city's paramedics will be among the 22,000 city workers out of a job in October - despite working on the frontline of the pandemic
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-20 10:12  

#5  How mean! De Blasio can't help it if he's always mistaken for a rat. It's not HIS fault that he's bottom dwelling, plague spreading, vermin. What do you expect him to do, start acting like he cares about other people?
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2020-08-20 09:57  

#4  Enjoy your plague
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-08-20 08:41  

#3  One take - 'Overrun by Rats'

2nd take - 'Growing food for the homeless'

Nobel Prize in the offing.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-08-20 07:49  

#2  NYers voted for this.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2020-08-20 02:42  

#1  Picking up the garbage is as basic as it gets. Next potable water will be declared rayciss.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-20 01:24  

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