Word: ehlert
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Despite complaints from angry residents worried about their safety, the mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, still defends his original decision to flip the switch. "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge," he says. "People shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside." But he's delighted with the new scheme, pointing out that, although the council picks up the electricity bill every time anyone uses Dial4Light (locals pay for the call), it's still cheaper than running the streetlights through...
...mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, sees the new project as win-win. After he was forced to turn off the village lights to help save money, he faced complaints from angry residents worried about their safety when making their way home in the dark in the dead of night. He still defends his decision to flip the switch - "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge; people shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside" - but says that any money saved...
Planners with specific expertise can be a godsend. For example, Dee Reeves, a hair-salon owner whose son Sean, 32, has Down syndrome, found the right professional advice with financial planner Mary Anne Ehlert 11 years ago. Eighty percent of Ehlert's business--which includes the services of staff social workers--is devoted to helping families with disabled children, spouses and parents navigate both their finances and the social-service system. Ehlert is trying to create a special designation for other financial advisers across the country who want to work with similar clients. Ehlert's 16-person firm, based...