Power priorities

To the editor:

Another peaceful spring Sunday morning; cloudy, cool, slight breeze. Nice morning to sit and read the papers until … flicker, flash, DARK.

And so on Monday I read that Westar (“The Company That Perfected Darkness”) attributes yet another major outage to “equipment failure.” Perhaps instead of stuffing so-called “smart meters” down our collective throats, Westar ought to concentrate on keeping the lights on!