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Charity's Well Runs Dry
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Water service to an Atlanta homeless shelter has been cut off because of failure to pay the bill. Janet Ward, spokeswoman for the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, says the shelter operated by the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless owes more than $170,000 on its water bill. She says shelter operators also failed to comply with a court order for payment of bills. Debi Starnes, policy adviser on homelessness to Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, says outreach workers were sent out to invite the residents to another shelter where they can be matched with new locations. Task Force Executive Director Anita Beaty says the shelter will remain open Monday night.
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