Lawmaker seeks action after elderly suffer in powerless Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Allison Tant wants to make an example of a Tallahassee apartment complex for low-income seniors that had no power or on-site staff after tornadoes left much of the state capital without electricity over the weekend.

“This exposed a gap in service” for seniors, Tant, D-Tallahassee, said Tuesday. “We’ve got to figure out how to address this. We can’t have seniors who are insulin resistant and lack mobility without food or water.”

The power went out Friday after...