GA: Atlanta Ethics Probe: Promotion ‘Flabbergasted’ Former Airport Manager
It was widely known in the industry that an airport executive’s wife was in the concessions business, yet the official was still promoted to a job overseeing that part of commercial operations, the former manager of the airport told an Atlanta ethics officer who investigated the possible conflict of interest.
Responding to a open records request from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the ethics office earlier this week released documentation of the interviews conducted during its investigation of the airport executive, Cortez Carter.
Carter, who was deputy general manager at the airport, was fired earlier this year after revelations of his wife Charisse Works Carter’s ties to concessionaire Hojeij Branded Foods. Hojeij is one of the biggest operators of restaurants at Hartsfield-Jackson and a member of campaign event host committees for former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.