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It is difficult to understand why the Limestone County Water Authority has been paying $4,000 a month to a local attorney’s office to lobby when it is over $90 million in debt. Not only that, it is also being sued. As customers, we have the highest priced water in North Alabama. If our local elected representatives can’t lobby for a utility company when and if needed, we need to replace them. We definitely need new water board members.