Ping.
Watch out at ATL ping, and see my previous post regarding Cafe Intermezzo.
Add your favorite stories about ATL graft to the the thread.
The fact that Bill Campbell fired Angela Gittens, who had been recognized by her peers as the best airport CEO in the country in the previous year, says about all you need to know about Atlanta mayors using ATL as a source of graft.
One story to illustrate the fallout from the above:
Press Release - Federal Jury Finds City of Atlanta, Clear Channel and Barbara Fouch Conspirators in Multi-Million Dollar Bid-Rigging Case
http://www.hpllegal.com/press-releases/136-press-release-federal-jury-finds-city-of-atlanta-clear-channel-and-barbara-fouch-conspirators-in-multi-million-dollar-bid-rigging-case
An excerpt:
“In a taped deposition, former airport general manager Angela Gittens testified that Mayor Bill Campbell instructed her not to bid the airport advertising contract because he didn’t want to hurt his “friend,” Barbara Fouch.”