Our story about the town of Pulaski turning off the water to tornado victims who were behind on their payments turned on the faucet for our viewers outraged over the town’s actions.
Ronald Cole called to say, “They been through enough. No matter what reason whatsoever, they should not have cut these people's water off. That is just unbelievable."
And the Bell family in Roanoke wrote, “To the Pulaski Town government: Who do you think you are? Who in their right mind invokes hardship upon it's own citizens who are victims of a natural disaster. You, the town manager, the treasurer office, and all county officials must be stupid. Just stupid to not conclude that there should not be any - ANY - disruption in utilities for citizens attempting to rebuild and recover.”
Another viewer felt we weren’t on her side, or the side of her neighbors, after our story about the Rainbow Forest Lake in Botetourt County. The commonwealth is demanding it be drained.
Kathy emailed, “I could tell by the story you guys aired last night, you were " Working on it." Thank you for the coverage. It made the people of Rainbow Forest look bad. Thanks for the HELP."
WSLS responds: Thanks for the email. It wasn’t our intention to make anyone look bad. We simply told a balanced story that presented both sides… the neighbors’ perspective and the safety concerns from the commonwealth. We wouldn’t have been doing our job if we left out one side of the story.
Finally, Kirk called to say thanks. ”I think you guys do a really go job covering the news. In fact, it's a privilege to see you guys every day,” he said.
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