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xRVAx t1_j668ppf wrote

Jesus lovingly confronted people with the truth even if they didn't like it. He respectfully called the religious experts to the carpet and lovingly told the adulteress to "go and sin no more"

I agree with you that the protestors shouldn't harass people but not everyone who stands out in front of the clinics fits that description. Sometimes they just stand there and pray or hold a cardboard sign. It's different groups that all have different backgrounds and tactics even if they have a common desire that people should not get abortions.

Demonstrating on the sidewalk is not my style but I understand that's sometimes how social change happens. And it doesn't have to be "harrassful" to be effective.

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JeffRVA OP t1_j661qdu wrote

No, but after I sold my house in Henrico I spent almost a year trying to get them to close out my gas account. It finally took reaching out to the city councilman for the district I work in, emails to people in the Mayor's office, and finally emails with the head of DPU herself before they finally closed it out. Saying I'm glad to be done with them is a massive understatement. (Although to be fair I never had any issues with the service itself in the seven and a half years I lived in my old house save for not getting an initial bill for three months when I first moved in.)

Their customer service reps were useless but I never could figure out if it was because they were incompetent or the dysfunction of the department prevented them from actually solving my problem.

By contrast it took me one short phone call to close out my water/trash with Henrico DPU. There's no reason why Richmond has to be so awful.

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