Broken AC continues to drain residents in Independence apartments [Video]

Living with a broken air conditioner is not how Elliot West wanted to spend her summer.”I have to kick it in order to get it to work,” she said.West has lived at the Independence Towers for eight years. KMBC 9 Investigates has chronicled West’s struggles to get air conditioning at the complex this summer, as air conditioning to the entire building has not worked.A post-it note reminds guests to keep the door on her bedroom closed so her temporary unit can run effectively.Her electric bill has surged with a fan running in the living room and another portable A/C.”It was $70, and then it went up to $200 something,” West said. “And that was in the last month. With two of them going, we’re probably going to have to pay more.”West is one of hundreds in this apartment complex wanting cooler temperatures. A court-appointed receiver has not fixed the air …