i'm not sure, but i believe in connecticut it's against the law to turn the power off in the winter (if it's NOT, it SHOULD be)
i understand utilities are in the bid-nez of making money. i GET it, i really do. but to shut the power off to a 93 year old in JANUARY in michigan? NO that is NOT right. the very LEAST they (the power company) could have done is inform some social service agency they were cutting power to mr schur.
and robert belleman, may you and your family never know the pain mr schur went through. may you never go through rough times. may you, at age 93 have someone to watch over YOU day and night (i mean that. i mean no harm to ANYONE. i just want robert belleman grow an effing HEART inside his soul-less self)
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Man freezes to death after city limits electricity
93-year-old man had more than $1,000 in unpaid power bills
BAY CITY, Mich. - A 93-year-old man froze to death inside his home just days after the municipal power company restricted his use of electricity because of unpaid bills, officials said.
Marvin E. Schur died "a slow, painful death," said Kanu Virani, Oakland County's deputy chief medical examiner, who performed the autopsy.
Neighbors discovered Schur's body on Jan. 17. They said the indoor temperature was below 32 degrees at the time, The Bay City Times reported Monday.......
..........Belleman said city workers keep the limiter on houses for 10 days, then shut off power entirely if the homeowner hasn't paid utility bills or arranged to do so.
He said Bay City Electric Light & Power's policies will be reviewed, but he didn't believe the city did anything wrong.
"I've said this before and some of my colleagues have said this: Neighbors need to keep an eye on neighbors," Belleman said. "When they think there's something wrong, they should contact the appropriate agency or city department."
Schur had no children and his wife had died several years ago..............
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