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Protests Continue Over High Water Bills in Prichard

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Updated: 1/24 6:50 pm
PRICHARD, Ala. (WPMI)   A group of concerned citizens in Prichard protested Thursday against their high water bills.

Voters across the state voted for MAWSS to take over Prichard's water board in November. The board has appealed that vote.

Protestors want the citizens of Prichard to attend a court hearing for the appeal.

"This is why we're out here, just to keep the people informed and to encourage them to be in court Monday Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.," said Severia Campbell Morris, with the United Concerned Citizens of Prichard.

Members say residents can't afford to continue to pay the high bills, especially since the city is set to raise rates by 5 percent in February.
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CrimsonTide14 - 1/24/2013 7:43 PM
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If Mobile had a decent District Attorney that wasn't close friends with the Prichard Water Board Attorneys then this corruption would have been exposed and investigated years ago. I can remember reading where Attorney Wille Huntley was recieving over 25K a month in Board Attorney fees and I'm sure this is steill going on. This was about the same time when Huntley was being sued by Regions Bank for not paying on loans he took out. The poor folks of Prichard are being fleeced and it's by their own race, and Ashley Rich and her predecessor John Tyson wouldn't dare question their good friend and colleague Wille Huntley about his shenanigans as the Water Board Attorney. The Alabama Attorney General should have launced an investigation into this corruption years ago yet the victims are simply poor black folks and they don't matter one iota to whiteys that are in charge and in power.

taberm - 1/24/2013 7:39 PM
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WHY ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PRICHARD WATER BOARD NOT AUDITED BY THE SATE??? They are dirty! VERY DIRTY! They don't belong on a board, the belong in JAIL with the other crooks!!!
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