Dead presidents

Seems as if the one we have, who's been dead in the water for several years by my reckoning, is out "honoring" past ones. He gets paid too many dead prezzes for existing.
One of my good friends lives down near Green Lake. She was telling me today about the latest in their battle against the rats which infest the area, as well as many other neighborhoods in Seattle, some of them quite posh. (Better grub in those 'hoods.) People persist in feeding the waterfowl at the lake, which attracts the rats, which find their way into nearby dwellings. Around here, people's compost piles and containers that aren't closed also draw the rodents. We have never had a loose compost heap, always postholed the stuff deep in the garden soil. My friend has had to set numerous traps in her basement; her big sweet dog is no help, being afraid of the critters. Our cat would fare no better, since he's kind of a cringer with squirrels and chickens.