Arizona official gets into social media fight over woman's death
Arizona’s Family (3TV / CBS 5)
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Jonathan Corman's 82-year-old"}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'mother, Kate, died last year after her'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'power was cut in May for missed utility'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '28.640', 'text': 'payments. This week, someone posted an'}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '30.160', 'text': 'article on X where they tagged Me Myers,'}, {'start': '28.640', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'whose commission oversees power'}, {'start': '30.160', 'end': '34.320', 'text': "companies. It's here Meyers comments"}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '37.120', 'text': 'back using his personal account, and'}, {'start': '34.320', 'end': '39.200', 'text': 'things take a heated turn. He responded'}, {'start': '37.120', 'end': '42.920', 'text': 'to her and then both my brother and I'}, {'start': '39.200', 'end': '48.079', 'text': 'responded to him and then'}, {'start': '42.920', 'end': '52.480', 'text': 'that released something in him where he'}, {'start': '48.079', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'felt a need to fault, you know, fault my'}, {'start': '52.480', 'end': '57.199', 'text': 'mother for her own death to say a bunch'}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '58.800', 'text': "of things that were not true. Jonathan's"}, {'start': '57.199', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'brother, Adam, first replies to the'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '61.920', 'text': 'commissioner where he says his mother'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '64.400', 'text': "wouldn't have died if the power wasn't"}, {'start': '61.920', 'end': '66.560', 'text': 'cut. Meyers responds by saying in part,'}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '68.240', 'text': '"You failed to protect your own mother.'}, {'start': '66.560', 'end': '69.600', 'text': 'This leads to a series of heated'}, {'start': '68.240', 'end': '71.040', 'text': 'exchanges between the brothers and'}, {'start': '69.600', 'end': '74.080', 'text': 'Meyers." And and it\'s not just'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '77.960', 'text': 'mortifying seeing it come from him. It'}, {'start': '74.080', 'end': '82.560', 'text': 'is mortifying that the entire system'}, {'start': '77.960', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'includes as the person responsible for'}, {'start': '82.560', 'end': '86.479', 'text': 'protecting us. In this post, Jonathan'}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '88.159', 'text': 'replies to the commissioner that he'}, {'start': '86.479', 'end': '90.320', 'text': 'should require the utility companies to'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '92.079', 'text': "do more, referencing that his mother's"}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '94.159', 'text': 'death could have been prevented. Meyers'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'responds saying alcoholism killed her,'}, {'start': '94.159', 'end': '97.759', 'text': 'not the utility. Maricopa County ruled'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '99.840', 'text': "the cause of Kate's death as"}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '101.840', 'text': 'complications of alcoholism with a'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '103.920', 'text': 'contributory cause as environmental heat'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '105.280', 'text': 'stress. We reached out to Myers and he'}, {'start': '103.920', 'end': '107.600', 'text': 'gave us this statement that reads in'}, {'start': '105.280', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'part, "I apologize for any harm my'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '111.439', 'text': 'comments may have caused the family.'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'That was not my intent. The views and'}, {'start': '111.439', 'end': '115.119', 'text': 'opinions I expressed on my personal'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '116.720', 'text': 'social media account were my own and not'}, {'start': '115.119', 'end': '118.719', 'text': 'those of the Arizona Corporation'}, {'start': '116.720', 'end': '122.880', 'text': 'Commission." That\'s not an apology at'}, {'start': '118.719', 'end': '125.600', 'text': 'all. A real apology would describe how'}, {'start': '122.880', 'end': '128.399', 'text': 'he plans to prevent people like my'}, {'start': '125.600', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'mother from dying in the future. He'}, {'start': '128.399', 'end': '132.319', 'text': "can't bring my mother back. He can't"}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '136.319', 'text': 'undo the terrible things he said to me'}, {'start': '132.319', 'end': '137.879', 'text': 'and my brother, but he can save people'}, {'start': '136.319', 'end': '140.080', 'text': 'in the'}, {'start': '137.879', 'end': '141.680', 'text': 'future. When I spoke with Jonathan, he'}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '143.520', 'text': 'said that he wanted to express how he'}, {'start': '141.680', 'end': '146.000', 'text': 'wants the power cut off policy to'}, {'start': '143.520', 'end': '147.920', 'text': "change. Right now, power companies don't"}, {'start': '146.000', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'shut off the power from June 1st to'}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '153.040', 'text': 'October 15th. He wants that to change to'}, {'start': '150.640', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'depend on the temperature itself as he'}, {'start': '153.040', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'says it can get just as hot in May which'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'is when his mother died.'}]