Beshear answers citizens' plea. He will investigate troubled Kentucky water district.
Answering the plea of a citizens activist group, Attorney General Andy Beshear announced Monday his office will investigate the current and past management and operations of the troubled Martin County Water District.
Beshear's decision comes days after a citizens activist group from Martin County, along with the national Food & Water Watch group and an attorney from the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, wrote Beshear a letter asking him to peel back the curtain on the district's questionable financial history.
"We’re finally able to see our justice system working for the people," said Nina McCoy, chairwoman of the Martin County Concerned Citizens activist group, who co-signed the letter. "I think it’s good that they’re letting everybody know what happens with our tax dollars."
The Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations and the Office of Rate Intervention will manage the inquiry. Their work will be independent of two ongoing cases about the district within the Public Service Commission, the state agency that regulates most utilities in Kentucky.
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