Task Force For The Homeless

According to Department of Watershed Management spokeswoman Janet Ward, the group dropped by on Friday with a check for $1,000. Then, yesterday, they sent over another check for $13,809.82, which left them short. Finally, today, they brought a third check for the final $190.18.
So, could the city have shut off the water again last night, when the Task Force still owed a couple hundred bucks?
No, says Ward: Were required to give them a days grace period to cure the debt.

Ward didnt know if Task Force leaders offered an explanation for why it was paying the bill in seemingly random increments. She was just glad they didnt pay their bill in nickles.
What we do know is that the shelter is facing another $8,000 bill come July 15 and the judge has already said he wont intervene again if they miss a future payment.
Even if the Task Force makes its next three payments, it faces a big reckoning come September. Up till now, judges have simply issued temporary injunctions to keep the water turned on, but the shelter must return to court this fall to explain why it shouldnt have to pay more than $170,000 in overdue water bills. Then come the real fireworks.

July 1, 2009 at 4:41 pm by Scott Henry in News

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