Boston City Council Debate ‘Bedbugs’

Boston City Council Debate ‘Bedbugs’

Source: Associated Press Strange News

City councilors are resolving not to let the bedbugs bite.

After a concerned citizen brought a bowlful of bedbugs to a Boston City Council meeting to prove a point about the critters’ rising numbers, councilors promised to wage a citywide battle against the bloodsucking parasites.

“People might say, ‘It’s not my problem,’ but they could be hopping into your bed next,” said Councilor Jerry McDermott.

In two weeks, the city council plans to meet to find out whether bedbugs are increasing in the city, and discuss how to prevent and eliminate the parasites.

Bedbugs – cimex lectularius – live in clothing, books, and furniture.

The person who brought bedbugs to the council meeting called them a “growing problem” for the city’s renters and others who buy used furniture, said McDermott, who proposed the bedbug hearing.

“Of course we’ll have an expeditious hearing,” said Councilor John Tobin. “As long as you don’t keep bugging us about it.”

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