Help Crystal keep her power source for her wheelchair
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Crystals Housing Management Company, Somerville Alderman, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Somerville, MA Electrical, Health and Fire Inspectors, Somerville ADA Coordinator Carlene Campbell, State Rep. Timothy Toomey, Senator Anthony Galluccio, Senate President Therese Murray, Congressman Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD), Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
We are signing this petition because we feel that Crystal Evans has a medically-based need to keep her power cord from down the hall so she has access to functioning electricity for her medical equipment. On Friday November 13th, Crystal was notified that the power cord she depends on daily for charging her wheelchair will be removed Monday, November 16.
Over the past 23 months, her electrical problem in her house has now damaged 4 power wheelchairs, her respiratory equipment, DVRs, DVDs, cable and phone modems, routers, a printer, 3 hard drives and motherboards on her computer, cell phones, landline phones, PDA, refrigerators, and more. The damages to medical equipment and hospitalizations directly due to faulty medical equipment has cost her health insurance over $100,000 in the past year.
Her wheelchairs and other electronics ONLY seem to function properly when plugged into a power cord that has been running in her apartment from down the hallway (an outside circuit) since this summer. When electronics are plugged into her outlets within her house they malfunction, overheat, and fail to work as they are designed to.
Without a charged and functioning wheelchair Crystal cannot attend school or get to doctors appointments critical to her diagnosis of Mitochondrial Myopathy.
We are asking that you reconsider what is in her best interest medically, and that you allow her to keep the powercord as a reasonable accommodation or modification to her apartment for the use of charging her power wheelchair so she can continue to have functioning electricity on which to charge it in her house until her electrical problem is resolved or until she can find an affordable wheelchair-accessible apartment in her area.
Furthermore, we are asking that you do not stop investigating her electrical problem until the cause of the damages is located and repaired.
Crystals Housing Management Company, Somerville Alderman, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Somerville, MA Electrical, Health and Fire Inspectors, Somerville ADA Coordinator Carlene Campbell, State Rep. Timothy Toomey, Senator Anthony Galluccio, Senate President Therese Murray, Congressman Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD), Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
We are signing this petition because we feel that Crystal Evans has a medically-based need to keep her power cord from down the hall so she has access to functioning electricity for her medical equipment. On Friday November 13th, Crystal was notified that the power cord she depends on daily for charging her wheelchair will be removed Monday, November 16.
Over the past 23 months, her electrical problem in her house has now damaged 4 power wheelchairs, her respiratory equipment, DVRs, DVDs, cable and phone modems, routers, a printer, 3 hard drives and motherboards on her computer, cell phones, landline phones, PDA, refrigerators, and more. The damages to medical equipment and hospitalizations directly due to faulty medical equipment has cost her health insurance over $100,000 in the past year.
Her wheelchairs and other electronics ONLY seem to function properly when plugged into a power cord that has been running in her apartment from down the hallway (an outside circuit) since this summer. When electronics are plugged into her outlets within her house they malfunction, overheat, and fail to work as they are designed to.
Without a charged and functioning wheelchair Crystal cannot attend school or get to doctors appointments critical to her diagnosis of Mitochondrial Myopathy.
We are asking that you reconsider what is in her best interest medically, and that you allow her to keep the powercord as a reasonable accommodation or modification to her apartment for the use of charging her power wheelchair so she can continue to have functioning electricity on which to charge it in her house until her electrical problem is resolved or until she can find an affordable wheelchair-accessible apartment in her area.
Furthermore, we are asking that you do not stop investigating her electrical problem until the cause of the damages is located and repaired.
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Crystal Evans
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- I strongly urge you to reconsider the removal of my power cord. It is unreasonable to notify a tenant on a Friday, that their only functioning power source will be removed on a monday - the next business day. I do not have access to city offices before the date this is scheduled to be removed as the City of Somerville closes at 12pm on Fridays. Furthermore, you have yet to provide me with any of your documentation that you feel proves that my electric does indeed meet code, and electronics and medical equipment in my apartment are continuing to break despite several notifications from you claiming that nothing appears to be wrong with my electric. So I am publicly requesting to keep my power cord until my electric is truly repaired, even if it comes down to rewiring my entire apartment.
- City/State or Country
- Somerville, MA
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Kellyann Binari
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- it is her human right
- City/State or Country
- Somerville, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Kennerley
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- Crystal cannot go without this outlet!!
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jessica wienert
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- How can this even be legal?
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Jocelyn Zichterman
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- Please help Crystal now.
- City/State or Country
- Portland, Oregon
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Rachael Kenney
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- Crystal has encountered incredible expenses due to the electric outlets in her apartment. She needs this cord in order to not short circuit any more necessary medical equipment.
- City/State or Country
- Golden CO
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Lynne Powell
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- This needs to happen as soon as possible!
- City/State or Country
- United States
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Kylee Black
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- please help Crystal!
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Keturah Bixby
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- Keep the building up to code!
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Ricky Buchanan
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- ricky@notdoneliving.net
- City/State or Country
- Vic
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Nicole Milan
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- Give the girl her power.
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Michelle Flaherty
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- This young woman NEEDS functioning electricity in her home!
- City/State or Country
- Jacksonville, FL
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Nina Martinez
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- Crystal's civil rights are being violated without any explanation from those who claim to represent her: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
- City/State or Country
- Decatur, GA
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brandi polatty
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- This is a big part of what's wrong with healthcare in our country--so sorry Crystal is having to go through this!!
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Kelli Morton
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- My child also has this disease and I understand completely the necessity of fully functional equipment and electricity is a necessity in the daily lives of patients of mitochondrial disease.
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Jamie L. Thompson
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- Please do not remove Crystal's power!
- City/State or Country
- Brighton, MA
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Ralph Musco
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- Give Crystal her power, already! Enough is enough!
- City/State or Country
- В
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Kristin
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- Please help!
- City/State or Country
- Chestnut Hill, MA
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Sage
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- Continue to let Crystal keep her power source for her wheelchair!
- City/State or Country
- MA
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Kim Wilson
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- Crystal has had to deal with many, many hardships because of the faulty outlets in her home. To take away her only form of functioning is cruel. And with only a weekends notice at that! How would you want your family members treated in the same situation?!
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Alan Stanley
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- This situation is jeopardizing her life
- City/State or Country
- Anza, CA USA
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Akil Hashim
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- She needs it!
- City/State or Country
- USA
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Emily Hoppe
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- Don't take away her only power!
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jaden rodgers
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- letting her keep the working power cords is the least you can do.
- City/State or Country
- florida
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Kristin Dulac
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- Please allow Crystal to keep her power source for her wheelchair as this is vital to her.
- City/State or Country
- Maine
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Terry Spencer
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- she has NO working outlets in her apartment and this was the ONLY power source for her wheelchair... this is INHUMANE
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Nilam Agrawal
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- Please let Crystal keep her power source for charging her wheelchair.
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Chelsea Hertzog
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- Please let her keep her electric! She needs it!
- City/State or Country
- United States
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Lorrie Spoering
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- City/State or Country
- Denver, CO
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Ellen Angelico
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- Crystal needs this power source!
- City/State or Country
- Boston, MA
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gloria
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- please help Crystal keep her power source for her Wheelchair
- City/State or Country
- Australia
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Erin Flatley
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- The housing department has consistently ignored Crystal's request for a safe living environment. Yet at the same time, they stop by on the weekend and tell her that because her one and only outlet isn't safe, they need to shut if off on Monday?!?! How is that possible? She is disabled and uses and electric wheelchair. As it is, she has been completely unable to maintain food in her fridge for months due to this issue because it either freezes or goes bad from a too warm environment. This is not acceptable.
- City/State or Country
- Andover MA
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Ken Graham, CPO
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- Retired - Senior Safety & Security Officer - Aircraft Industry
- City/State or Country
- Ontario Canada
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Jenelle Dorner
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- this had gone on too long
- City/State or Country
- usa
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Destiny Fonville
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- give her what she needs!!
- City/State or Country
- Temecula, CA
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Jennifer Connors
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- Please help Crystal keep her power source for her wheelchair.
- City/State or Country
- Maine
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sunny thompson
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- I think its shamefull that Crystal even has to live like this. I feel she should be moved to a liveable home. Shame on your city for not taking care of this woman!
- City/State or Country
- pittsburgh pa
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Kathy A. Graff
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- Her landlord should have corrected the problems in her apartment ages ago, but since they haven't, this is about her only solution to keeping mobile.
- City/State or Country
- Ford City PA USA
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Christen Ball
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- City/State or Country
- Towson, MD
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Mary A Wilcox
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- Crystal and others should not be denied electricity if they need a wheelchair in order to get around
- City/State or Country
- Henniker, NH
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Nancy Collins-Heikila
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- Please, let Crystal keep her power source. This problem should of been addressed when first started
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- MA
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Gordana Karic
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- what happen to comment sense!!!!!
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gwen abele
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- this is an abusive situation. this young woman needs and depends on electicity to function daily. this company has denied her, and should be made liable .
- City/State or Country
- Waltham/ MA
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Stephanie Bush
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- Keep Crystal's Power Source!
- City/State or Country
- North Chelmsford, MA
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Sean McCauley
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- Please make life better for this good friend
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Donna Moore
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- Please help
- City/State or Country
- Virginia
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Deborah Wells
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- This is ridiculous, she's tried everything to get safe electricity...either move her or keep the cord!
- City/State or Country
- Marshfield, Ma
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Krista Hofius
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- Please, Please, Please Let her keep her power source!
- City/State or Country
- Blaine, WA USA
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Kurt Stahl
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- Please help this young gal. In Christ.
- City/State or Country
- Chelmsford, MA
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mary jennings
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- please fix this persons electrical problems quickly and untill fixed leave the extension cord in place.
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