City eyes gopher poisoning, water and garbage rate hikes

At last week’s Malta City Council meeting, officials talked of putting a dent into the thriving gopher population in the City parks and discussed the possibility of raising resident’s garbage rates in conjunction with the looming water rate increase.

During the communications from the mayor portion of the night’s meeting, Mayor Shyla Jones said she was recently approached by former Public Works Director John Demarais who said he would volunteer his time to rid the parks of the vermin.

“We have a bazillion gophers in River View and Tafton Parks, they are out of control,” said Mayo...