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In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System

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In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System

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In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System - Inside Climate News

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Though town officials call the power surge in Red Springs an “Act of God,” tens of thousands of dollars in lost home appliances and municipal financial documents suggest otherwise.

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Mismanaged or embezzled?
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  Mismanaged. Subsidizing shortfalls in the general fund using funds from the electric utility.
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    Imbezzled. Money was used to pay for somebody’s vacation.
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  Yes.

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