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I had a ballot initiative that sort of underscored the rural nature of the area I live in. To set up a mosquito abatement district in my county. -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 4 '08, 14:37

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Can I ask how you voted? Or how they propose to abate the skeeters? - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 14:44 6
- I voted for it. I'm very anti-skeeter. There going to try a combination of fish that eat the larvae (can't remember the fish name) and releasing - crash davis Nov 4, 14:54 4
  - Nice. Part of me definitely cringes at the idea of purposefully messing with an ecosystem, but I also hates dem skeeters. -- nm - Votin' Vermin, torn Nov 4, 14:59 3
    - Yeah, but to borrow a popular current political phrase, West Nile virus in skeeters became a "game changer" -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:06 2
      - I would imagine! We don't get that up here... yet! - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:12 1
        
        I remember one summer in Bethel, a Yupik pointed out to the bush and said "white boy like you shouldn't go out there, mosquitos kill you" :) - crash davis Nov 4, 15:16
- Giant bug zappers -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:45

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