Johnson Utilities fights to keep public records hidden
by Jake Kincaid | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Johnson Utilities is aggressively litigating to keep under wraps documents held by Queen Creek while the town has said it believes they are public record.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin has been seeking to obtain both correspondences between Johnson Utilities and Queen Creek and a report by Carollo Engineers and Willdan & Associates commissioned by Queen Creek.
The reports and communications allegedly contain information that demonstrates what Queen Creek official Paul Gardner described as profound deficiencies in Johnson Utilities infrastructure that would need $160 million to get up to municipal standards.
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