Dallas Declares State Of Emergency

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•33 • Aug 16, 2012

With West Nile virus on the rise nationwide and Texas accounting for more than half of this year’s deaths from the mosquito-borne disease, Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings has declared a state of emergency and ordered the aerial spraying of insecticide. What do you think?

“I hope they remember to spray around people’s ankles. That’s where they get you.”
Kaylan Winter –
Unemployed
“It's nice that Mayor Rawlings was able to keep his campaign promise of spraying chemicals over all his constituents.”
Hernan Ejercito –
Sail Cutter
“Someone should call Africa and see how they fixed their West Nile problem.”
Flo Katz –
Ticket Agent

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