Woman Pulls Gun To Prevent Smart Meter Installation
55-year-old Thelma Taormina has signs posted on her front gate warning utility employees not to trespass on her land, as well as another that reads, “No smart meters are to be installed on this property.”
However, that didn’t stop a CenterPoint Energy worker from attempting to replace Taormina’s old electricity meter with a new device that wirelessly beams back information on each home’s energy use to a central hub.
When the worker began physically pushing Taormina out of the way in an effort to install the smart meter, Taormina drew her gun and demanded the worker leave the property .
“Our constitution allows us not to have that kind of intrusion on our personal privacy,” Taormina told KHOU 11 News. “They’ll be able to tell if you are running your computer, air conditioner, whatever it is.”
Indeed, privacy experts have warned that smart meters could be used to spy on consumers in a myriad of different ways, including “what appliances are being used in individual homes, and even what programmes are being watched on TV.”
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jean 2012/07/21 22:29:18
Now I'm a brat..
Waa Waa..
We have laws that have been found to be Constitutional therefore they are.. Not my problem you have an issue with that..
Wonder what would happen if people started wrapping them in tinfoil ?
Each month the Utilities would have to come remove the foil to read them anyway, and the meters aren't build with data logging capabilities.
Back to square one .
( preferentially close enough that you can talk when your phone don't work )
Then cover your phone in tin foil and have them call again.
It is assumed you gave permission by not telling them NO .
Google " refuse smart meters "
it is easier to prevent installation than to have removal .
she likes HAVING the electricity but she's not wiling to PAY for the electricity....
typical right wing whack job.
she has signs posted... she WANTED this confrontation.... my instincts tell me that SHE was the one doing the pushing... but like I said...
all I need to know is that she chased off a meter reader with a hand gun.
nut-a, job-a.
she intended to prevent the meter reader from going onto her property and from installing the equipment that would allwo them to read her meter remotely.
are you saying she intended to send in a blank check every month?
do you have any proof of THAT?
she posted signs, she confronted a meter reader with a hand gun.
she came ARMED to do battle with someone only there to fulfill a contract that SHE made with the electric company.
her credibility is very low in my book.
Where does it say she didn't want to pay her bill????????????????
liar liar liar liar