By Ryan Lewis
Correspondent
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — After a statewide news release in September accused city leaders of illegally transferring almost $750,000 from the town’s utilities department in 2010, officials are working to resolve the issue.
City Attorney Tracy Wooden said recently that he is communicating with the Tennessee comptroller’s office about the matter but he’s not ready to discuss those exchanges.
“I don’t want to go into a lot of detail in an open meeting about that because things get quoted in the paper,” he said. “Sometimes you get misquoted, and when they hear what I try to explain, they quote it a different way. It gets released and goes to the comptroller, and I lose all credibility.”