Next year's GOP Convention is going to be held in St. Paul next year and there is a problem. A pigeon problem. The city is infested by the 'flying rats' and is going to extraordinary lengths to get rid of them.
At first the balloons shaped like hawks didn't stop them, trapping and netting them was a fruitless effort as well. City officials thought of giving them contraceptives but feared sterilization of other species. Now the geniuses in the twin cities have come up with a new plan. Stealing eggs.
From TwinCities.com:
A longtime loser in the war against pigeons, St. Paul City Hall is gearing up for another battle.
This time, city warriors hope a new tactic will turn the tide against the downtown menaces. Their plan: Lure the birds to new rooftop nesting grounds and then steal their eggs.
"We'll build them little condos. We'll keep taking the eggs, and they won't have little ones," said Bill Stephenson, the city's animal control supervisor. "Slowly they'll die off, I guess."
The pigeon problem is just one of many housecleaning chores the city is tackling in advance of the Republican National Convention, which will come to the Xcel Energy Center next year. Flocks of pigeons have laid down their glop on skyway ledges and sidewalks and have sullied downtown's image, officials and property owners say.
Hopefully this plan will work out well for the twin cities. Hosting the Republican convention is important stuff ya know? I wonder how they will deal with the throngs of protesters and the scourge of Republican party faithful. It better not be a repeat of what happened here in NYC. If this all goes according to plan, the only shit around the Convention will be the words spewing from the speakers mouths'.
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