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Oct 1, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Here’s hoping @WVGovernor will address the looming utility shut-off crisis. People need water—hot water—always, but especially during a pandemic.

WV #utilities have largely (and voluntarily) suspended disconnections, but most were planning to resume them on Oct. 1.
And, as much as I have criticized larger IOUs in the past, it’s really the Governor who can stop thousands from losing access to water, heat, power. Most PSDs and municipal systems can’t bear the lost revenue from an indefinite moratorium. (Even if there’s a mandatory order.)
There is plenty of CARES money to wipe out the arrearages of those who haven’t been able to pay during the COVID crisis, from March until now–and beyond. Hopefully, PSC Chairman Charlotte Lane will stop the utilities from moving forward with shut-offs until the Governor acts.
This emergency disproportionately affects people of color– already at greater risk of hospitalization and death.

The time to act was months ago, but it’s not too late for the Governor and the Commission to work with the utilities to avoid compounding this tragic injustice.

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.@walkyourcamera showing me a spider bite on his leg that “must have happened in bed” is a new low in his campaign to make an early riser.
Reader, it did not work. I am corresponding from deep within a nest of soft blankets and Target’s highest thread count sheets. F*ck that spider.
Ugh. ...to make *me an early riser.
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Holy hell. For someone who doesn’t want to get political, @WVGovernor sure is using a lot of politically charged language.

Folksy like a fox, that one.
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Who are likely to have no insurance or be underinsured?
Who face implicit racial/ethnic bias in medical situations?

Who face more barriers to voting?
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Wealthy people of whiteness more likely to survive COVID-19.

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h/t @bourbonswan

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