A pair of lawmakers in South Carolina are calling on the city of Denmark to rethink its decision to resume shutting off water to unpaid customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a joint statement, State Sen. Brad Hutto and Rep. Justin Bramberg said the city should not “put money or financial interests of government utility operations above a citizens’ right to basic necessities like running water and sewer.”Meanwhile, Denmark Mayor Gerald Wright argues additional time has been given for payments. “But at some point, it gets worse,” he tells WRDW News. “So, we started just a couple days ago trying to
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