“they keep getting bigger and bigger.”

Ward 4 Councilmember and the presumptive next Mayor Janeese Lewis George shared yesterday: I heard y’all loud and clear: We’ve got to do something about the rats! My team and I are preparing to tackle this problem head-on, because we deserve safe and clean streets. Anna shares the photo above, shudder, she sent to JLG from Petworth: the neighbors have called 311 on a weekly basis, none of that is captured in the “tracker,” nothing has been done and they keep getting bigger and bigger. I heard y’all loud and clear: We’ve got to do something about the rats! My team and I are preparing to tackle this problem head-on, because we deserve safe and clean streets. https://t.co/OiR2uB85az Janeese Lewis George (@Janeese4DC) October 15, 2026