From Frank Juliano, CT Post:
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus have been found at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport and along Barnum Avenue, according to the latest test results released Thursday by the state Agricultural Experiment Station.
West Nile infected mosquitoes had also been found last week in Stratford at Beacon Point and in Stamford at Cove Island Park.
The mosquitoes were trapped last week as part of the state’s mosquito management program. The 10 infected mosquitoes at the Beardsley Zoo follows by week a negative test of 39 of the insects at the same site, officials said.
Full story here.
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This only happens when Finch is Mayor.
Ganim promises to RID the city of insects. Ganim promised to spend a million dollars on Raid and OFF to clean up this environmental issue left behind by the green mayor Tax Bill Finch.
Mosquito control and new sidewalks! Run Joe, Run… back to Easton.
Bob, you are right. When Ganim was Mayor I was never even stung by a mosquito. Under Finch I was stung about twice each summer. I filed an FOI to see how may people have gotten stung in Bridgeport but they still have not released this information. But under the Finch administration if you scratch the sting it is no longer considered a sting, so you have to leave it alone. If you scratch it is then considered “self perpetuated.” Nice way to change the definitions and bring down the numbers right before the election. No wonder Finch got the mosquito endorsement from Local Mosq 44. If Finch would not have given mosquitoes free entry at Beardsley there would have been no West Nile detected. Finch is too soft on seasonal migration.
Hahahahahaha!!!
The city, under Finch, has adopted a building code for all new city construction, all roofs must be built and drained in such a way the roof is ‘bone dry’ less than 24 hours after the rain stops. This should help eliminate standing water mosquito habitats. If you have a rain barrel or yard pond you should put a mosquito disk in it.
Ganim will propose only mosquitoes bred in Bridgeport water be allowed to bite the residents.
Bridgeport property owners get stung by Finch twice a year, Jan. 1st and July 1st. We should “Off” him in September.
Ganim requires all mosquitoes doing business in Bridgeport pay a stipend directly to him for every bite.
Yeah, because none of the other mayoral candidates are going to collect taxes. PLEASE!!!
OMG! Loving these comments.
Finch will offer the mosquitoes a 25-year abatement and then hike the mil rate to pay for it.
Steve, have you been accosted by any of these killer mosquitoes during your Bill Finch World Tour?
I have to say, the way Bill Finch has dealt with the mosquito problem over the past eight years has been remarkable.
Just heard Bill Finch won the endorsement of the International Brotherhood of Insects, local chapter 299.
Yes, he also won the endorsement of Roaches 414 and Vermin 678.
I thought the roach was with Ganim.
Tomorrow the United Rats and Raccoons of America 1057 will announce their endorsement of Finch for another four-year term.
Jennifer, is it just you and I who find these responses funny? Hilarious.
I would imagine a lot of the strong silent majority are laughing so hard they are snorting.
Next week the United Dray Horses, Pack Rats, Yard Apes, Dust Bunnies and Pole Cats of America will hold a vote on endorsing Bill Finch, a member of the associated Council of Aviary Organizations, for mayor of Bridgeport.
My thoughts also, since Danny is his campaign manager.
Will Finch get a little “Muskrat Love” from Steve?
Who has the Federation of Unemployed Yardbirds endorsed?
Did you mean jailbirds? I know, bad and over the top, but I could not resist. I will now go to the time-out corner for one solid day before Lisa is forced to send me there.
Yardbird and jailbird are synonyms.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardbird
A yardbird is post-Second World War African American slang for “prisoner,” from the notion of prison yards.
Gotta study my urban slang dictionary while I am serving time-out.
A yardbird is downhome slang for a chicken.
How about a “Beetles” reunion at harbor yard?