4 good things
Yes, I know you want to know about the hearing! It was great! I’m going to tell you everything but I overdid the sleep is overrated thing this week and I know you want to read a coherent account. … Continue reading
Category: New York vs Bed Bugs
“The dragons are all dead”
I’m adding a quote to our sidebar quotes. You’ve seen those, right? I’ll tell you my favorite after all of this is over.
A brief citizen’s guide to the problem of bed bugs in New York City
The New York vs Bed Bugs report that was the subject of a New York Daily News preview article is available for download.
The NYC Council will hold a hearing on three bed bug bills on February 24
Please mark your calendars. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 24 at 1 p.m.
Do us a favor and think a good thought for our friend, Jessica
Our dear friend, Jessica Kevan, has hurt her back and will be on hiatus from her work at Chicago vs Bed Bugs for a few weeks.
If you’re satisfied your council member is already on your side
Why not contact your other representatives? Everyone needs to be educated about bed bugs, so that they can participate in creating solutions! When we call someone and they say they’ve never heard of bed bug problems in X community, … Continue reading
We know it’s not easy to get your council member’s attention
We know because we don’t just ask you to do stuff we wouldn’t do ourselves. I’m trying to interest my own council member in bed bugs, the idea of a bed bug task force and, specifically, Intro 873. … Continue reading
Site policies, comments and other tricky subjects
Until very recently, New York vs Bed Bugs had been working in virtual obscurity. (We have now advanced to relative obscurity!)
Our online letter writing campaign for a bed bug task force
On CitizenSpeak. It takes two minutes. It gets the job done. It counts.
Bed bug advocate or bed bug victim? A response to the LA Times story
I spoke to P.J. Huffstutter of the Los Angeles Times for this story and must clarify and correct the statements attributed to me, from a familiar position of regret.