Chicago needs to change tactics in war on rats, IG says

Chicago Inspector General David Glockner may have found the reason why the city has the dubious distinction of consistently showing up on Orkin’s list of the nation’s “rattiest cities.” The Department of Streets and Sanitation’s poison-based approach to “reports of rat sightings and infestations” fails to “target sources of food and shelter” that allow the rodent population to soar, Glockner said. Instead of throwing poison at the problem, Chicago needs a “unified strategy coordinated across…