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Week of November 10, 2003
DA Denies Wrongdoing in Sewage Incident

"Pumper Truck" Backs up to Courthouse
Charlotte Webb - Staff Writer
The Houston County District Attorney’s Office has denied any wrongdoing in a sewage incident late Monday afternoon in the Houston County Public Defender's Office. At around 4:20 Monday afternoon, raw sewage began pouring into the Public Defender's Office from an overhead pipe. Within minutes the effluent was over two feet deep. Workers investigating the incident traced the faulty pipe back to District Attorney Kelly Burke's executive washroom. Burke was quoted as saying, "hey I had Mexican for lunch, I can't help it if the pipes can't take it. This sends a powerful message that sh** flows downhill!"
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