Taxpayers in Crestwood are being asked to pay $1 million in legal bills to defend village leaders in a lawsuit involving contaminated water.
Village officials are accused of pumping contaminated water to the homes of residents for more than 20 years
The Chicago Tribune reports present and former village leaders have hired some high priced Chicago law firms to do their legal work.
Those village officials claim they did nothing wrong and actually drank the same water village residents did.
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