AARP RALLIES LAWMAKERS Leaders With AARP Head To Charleston, WV Statehouse
Reported by: Deborah Linz
Web Producer: Teresa Higginbotham
Reported: Jan. 26, 2012 11:35 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 26, 2012 11:43 AM EST
Eyewitness News Photo
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
AARP leaders head to the capitol in Charleston, WV to get lawmakers to strengthen laws for West Virginia's senior citizens.
They want state leaders to expand the state's low income utility rate discount program.
If they did AARP believes that seniors could afford the rising costs of home energy.
AARP also want a better transportation and sidewalk system to be built to make it easier for those seniors to get around their communities.
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Deborah Linz
