Mayor Gets Free Ride on Utility Bill for Years

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PAINTSVILLE, KY (WSAZ) --Paintsville Mayor Bob Porter is refusing to step down, despite calls for his resignation at Tuesday night?s city council meeting.

The calls come following accusations that Porter got a free ride on his utility bill for nearly three years.

In a regularly scheduled city council meeting at the Paintsville Recreation Center, members of the community stood up to express their concern with the mayor and some asked for his resignation.

?I asked for the mayor's resignation, he should be made to pay his bills just like everyone else is,? said Brenda Castle.

After $7,000 in utility bills were unpaid until recently, some wanted to know why his lights stayed on.

?They didn't answer not one question for me,? said Castle.

?Really you didn't get a question answered here tonight,? said Jimmy Guess.

Guess said he was not asking for the mayor to resign, but he felt as an elected official, he should have addressed the concerns at the beginning of the meeting.

?They did not answer one question, he was asked several questions and he never answered one question.?

The council went into executive session without addressing the three people who publicly asked for Mayor Porter to resign.

Some said they will keep demanding an explanation.

?Nobody had even said, he had not even brought it out that he paid, reinstated the city the seven thousand dollars,? said Guess.

?Well I think what a lot of people here are aggravated about is that he didn't have to pay the penalties that we would be subjected to.?

There will be another special called meeting Thursday at noon at the recreation center.

Mayor Porter said earlier Tuesday that he paid his bill at the end of June and this should not be an issue.

Porter blamed small-town politics for the controversy and said he never misled anyone.

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How does this happen in the first place? I can not go one month without paying my bill before they are out shutting me off...

One month really? I think you might be exaggerating a bit here.... The electrical company here charges me every 2 months, and I know people who have been 1-2 billing cycles behind (2-4months) with no problems
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One month really? I think you might be exaggerating a bit here.... The electrical company here charges me every 2 months, and I know people who have been 1-2 billing cycles behind (2-4months) with no problems

I am not, unfortunately, JEA is our power/water provider, and if you don't pay them, they send you a red letter telling you that they will be shutting off your service in x amount of time, generally you get at most 1 week to pay them (from the time you get the letter), or you get shut off.

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Look at your tax deductions, your paying it for him. And his meals, trips, fuel, school for daughters (hah), protection,

Bitch all you want. It's been like that for every president. Don't think Obama's special. I mean that little (hah) you put in there is clear that you have something you hate about educating children.

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I am not, unfortunately, JEA is our power/water provider, and if you don't pay them, they send you a red letter telling you that they will be shutting off your service in x amount of time, generally you get at most 1 week to pay them (from the time you get the letter), or you get shut off.

Same here. They don't play around either. They will cut your power off when they say they will.

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