The owner of Home Away From Home Senior Citizens Home on the island of Grand Bahama is appealing to the public for assistance in settling a six figure electricity bill.
Mervie Knowles spoke with ZNS News showing the outstanding bills. She said, “at Knotts Boulevard it’s $26,335.26. This one here, 20 Amberjack, where all men is, this one here is $40,775.33. Here at 30 Amberjack where we have all our ladies, we end up with two bills because they got two meters here cause this was a triplex also. One is $18,764.98 and the other one is $38,755.41.”
Knowles further explained that the donations received by the home are not enough. ”I got some people to come in and somebody sent $10,000 that we put there. Plus, we had Doctor’s Hospital came in and other persons like will send a check like for $500 or something but it’s still not enough. The government say that they are willing to pay but I’m having a challenges trying to get the paper work and stuff together. Even though I got a license from the government department. I got approved of everything but they still asking me for more documents.”
The Grand Bahama Power Company declined to comment on this story.
