Many Franklin County veterans now avoid the local veterans service commission and seek help elsewhere
December 6th, 2009
As cancer ravaged Ralph Kinkead’s lungs, the veterans agency that was supposed to offer him caring support — and dollars for dignity and dinner — gave him the cold shoulder.
He blames the Franklin County Veterans Service Commission for costing him his health, his home and nearly his life.
“They treated me bold and cold,” the Vietnam veteran said. “They acted like, ‘We don’t give a (expletive) about you.’ Between all the screw-ups and ‘You have to go back and wait,’ I didn’t get help.”