To Spray or Not to Spray

The gypsy moth problem here in Jackson is of mammoth proportions. With all the families who will be requesting spraying from the Township, with one machine, or even two, using BT, we will never have time to go from place to place to attack ALL the problems. BT is only effective in the early stages of infestation. There isn't a huge window of time here. And, of course, Dimilin is out of the question. I would NEVER suggest Dimilin.

The Council is going to have to make some hard decisions. My running mate Mike Reina is right..some people are going to have to bite the bullet and get a private provider. I really don't know how the Township is going to pick and choose among the residents requesting spraying and keep it all within the time frame.

We MUST spray one pass through the state program. We would be cutting off our nose to spite our face if we don't. Two years without ANY aerial spraying would be disastrous. If we don't spray, we have NO chance of any control for the gypsy moth problem. Some help is better than none.

This is partially a result of some very unfortunate decision making last year. But I would assume that the Council and Mayor already know that. Pointing fingers now is not going to solve the problem. We must take viable action, and ground spraying, either by the homeowner or the Township, in addition to one pass from the state, is really the only option we have now.