Kansas City human interest reporting offers a recap of this tragic story that has spread across social media and damaged the rep of a local corporate overlord already enduring quite a bit of protest push back over the past year . . .
KCTV5: Overland Park man helping neighbor without power says he was threatened by KCP&L
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An extension cord between the two homes is the source of the controversy. KCP&L says it needs to be unplugged, even though that leaves Robert Roberts without cooling or his electrically powered oxygen machine.
Roberts has been living with his son, Bobby and grandkids in Overland Park since 1989. He needs a nebulizer and oxygen to breathe. His medical bills for his MS and COPD have strained the family.
In April, the household lost power due to $4,000 in unpaid electric bills.
That’s when Randen Smith stepped up to the plate.
“This man needs electricity,” Smith said.
On Thursday, Smith provided KCTV5 a note from KCP&L, saying the extension cord was in violation of state utility rules and could lose his power if he did not unplug it by Friday . . .
Regardless, Roberts' neighbor says a life is at stake. He's keeping the cord connected, even if it means he loses his own power as a result.
“Because I don’t want someone dying on my hands,” Smith said. “Maybe KCP&L doesn’t mind. But it bothers me that someone needs help and electricity and oxygen to live, so I’m going to help.”
KCP&L says friends and neighbors can buy gift vouchers for electrical service, but once someone's this far behind, those gifts would have to cover some of the balance before things get reconnected.
Read more deets and followup @ KCTV5 on a story that kinda puts those piddly fans they giveaway in perspective . . .
You decide . . .
What's the backstory here?
ReplyDelete4 grand in back utility bills? No one in the house works, I assume. Written like a pity party fishing expidtion, and I'm like 9:27, I'm not buying.
ReplyDeleteKCPL sucks and they have a virtual monopoly in Kansas City. That's the real story. KCPL hired a bunch of judgmental welfare to work assholes and now KCPL has become hard to deal with.
ReplyDeleteMedical bills can cause severe financial strain. I guess you wont understand it until you go through it. That is especially true with Obamacare. Not everybody gets it free. You have to pay for it, if they determine your financially able but you believe you are not. Don't be too quick to judge.
ReplyDeleteHey 9:43, take a look at the ages; grandpa is 78 and lives with his son and grandkids. That makes everyone but grandpa working age. Really, between the three working age males no one can cover the basics of their expenses? Can't,or won't?
ReplyDeleteThey hate us for our freedoms.
ReplyDeleteBREXIT motherfucker!!
ReplyDeleteThey should start a gofundme page. People love to give other people money.
ReplyDeleteFour grand, huh? Are they niggers? I'm assuming they are if they don't work. I don't care to look as I don't want to see more freeloading spades.
ReplyDeleteHumans pay their bills.
No judgement there, just straight up facts.
Take up a collection and buy a portable generator.
ReplyDeleteI agree that 4 grand is a hell of a past bill, but given the guy and his health it wouldn't take a whole lot to get a judge to order KCPL to turn the juice back on. Hell they could save 4 grand parking the toy train for a few hours.
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ReplyDeleteFucking nigger leeches. I'm pretty sure if we had Niggexit vote we'd vote the jigaboos out, 100% Leave to 0% Stay.
In the interest of preserving life KCP&L did offer to sell the Good Samaritan an approved extension cord. It was $3999.00 plus tax.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Dare raised $4000 in a half hour this morning and paid it off. Credit to Dare and his listeners.
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ReplyDeleteCheck the video. They are White people.
I had to file bankruptcy because KCP&L allowed someone to run up a $3600 bill in my deceased mother & my names, after sending in all the documentation from my mothers death certificate to evidence that she had been in the nursing home five years prior to her death, as well as evidence of where I was living at the time these charges were racked up and a police report KCP& L still said I owed them $3600 every other company I had to deal with regarding the identity theft was more then gracious and cancelled the false charges. My family lived without electricity for over a month. Both my husband and I work full time, we are a newlywed couple and still live paycheck to paycheck and work hard for everything we have proudly with no assistance .We couldn't afford 3,600 in one whop so our only option was to file bankruptcy thanks to this evil monopoly. If everyone wasn't so judgemental on this thread and actually looked at the situation, it could happen to anyone. The mans son may be the only one working as his grandsons may be in school. God forbid any of the judgemental people on this thread be yanked out of thier cubicle Johnson county comfort zone and actually know how it feels to have to pray to God that you are able to feed your family untill payday
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