Crump: Senate Disses Poor Idahoans

When I was 3, my dad - a Power County wheat farmer - died. Without being asked, our neighbors harvested his crop, using their own fuel and equipment to do it. When it came time to sell the wheat, they hauled it to the grain elevator in Pocatello. My mother offered to pay them for their trouble, but they all declined. … We don’t make a big deal about it, but Idahoans look after each other. So whenever somebody - in this case the Idaho Senate - does something to violate that spirit, it makes me angry. And as an Idahoan, it should make you mad too. Eighteen of the 35 members of the Senate voted last Friday against legislation that would have allowed utilities like Idaho Power to establish programs to help struggling customers keep up with their electricity and gas bills with help from other ratepayers/ Steve Crump , Twin Falls Times-News. More here .

Question: Have you had friends and neighbors help you through tough economic times?