Americans are out of work.
Americans pay too much for their oil.
And New Englanders are still out of power!
Over a week after the Hurricane that hit New England some residents are still living on generators or restaurant served dinners. I personally was without power from Sunday morning at 9AM until Thursday night at 6PM (it was such a glorious event to be powered back up that I memorized the time)! Note that my middle class neighborhood was put at the bottom of the list due to the fact that we were “too small of an outage to worry about at this time” quoted by my neighbor after his third phone call to National Grid. And, while I would bestow credit to the hard working men and women who after this storm restored power to customers of National Grid I would not give credit to the company itself.
All one has to do is read the latest headlines about National Grid to understand my downright refusal to honor this company with anything other than words of laziness, graft, and self mindedness. The headline “Power Restored at Patriot Place, Gillette Leaves Foxborough Residents Angry” leaves my blood boiling and I do not even live in Foxborough! Clearly this is a case of money exchanging hands and those without the means being left to fend for themselves.
It is impossible to believe that Patriots Place gained power while the rest of Foxborough was left with rotting food due only to a two electrical feeds. It is my solemn belief that backroom deals and upper management greased the correct hands to get the ball rolling. Pushing my theory even further is the charity gala and football game that just happened to be scheduled soon after power was restored.
It is astonishing to me that highly needed social services, such as senior center food delivery, had to be canceled during this state of emergency due to lack of power but muck-ity mucks can rub shoulders under the shining lights of Patriots Place. Clearly National Grid is telling each and every person who does not make the grade that their health and wellness needs just have to wait.
I think this is a great issue to see the differences in class. Consider how working class or working poor experienced this as opposed to those in middle and upper class.
ReplyDeleteOh man! I work in Wrentham & live in North Attleboro (which luckily didn't lose power since it's not part of the National Grid monopoly) and when I ever heard from a friend that they were restoring power to Gillette Stadium BEFORE residents of Foxboro had power, I couldn't believe my ears. Money always seems to come first before the well-being of people in communities no matter how large or small.
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