April Showers … House Bill 967

Five days into April 2011 it has been wet, windy, cloudy and all the other April-y stuff in Covington, Kentucky.  The news headlines only got a quick look today; a couple of rather essential things need extensive attention. One is something on which to sleep. With the bed bug plague that no one really wants to address at present a certain factor of life in any large residential type of building, there’s no practical way of getting away from the likes of an air bed.  The one at hand has developed something like a tiny hole that allows the air to slowly escape.  That hole has not been found, and there’s no certainty that a patch will fix things. 

The April weather has been variable enough that it’s not difficult to get around, provided one does have a chance to wait until the rain stops.  It’s a good time to be thinking of going to get things.  If the air bed needs to be replaced, there is no big problem with either getting a new one or with the cost.  The thing is, there are other things that need attention, such as trying to find information on the new federal law proposed in regard to, among other things, the classifying of said bed bugs as a health hazard (House Bill 967, introduced March 9).  It’ll make a difference in how things are handled and what tenants have to do.

So, yours truly sits a-wondering. A law is not usually passed over-night. Further, the proposed law (Bed Bug Management, Prevention and Research Act), while it can make some needed changes in how things are handled, already has critics raising some questions about the cost.  The law (it is an amendment) mentions research grants.  Presumably the idea is to divert money already authorized.  If passed or not, it’s something that is likely to affect ordinary living, maybe even in just a few months ahead. (The bill is one sponsored by Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, Ohio Second District, which is a likely source of information.) 

Radical changes are ever-present.