Some puzzling aspects of City Hall's secrecy in awarding airport concessions contracts were revealed in this article in the Journal-Constitution. For instance, Mayor Reed has asked City Council to keep much of the process secret to maintain "attorney-client privilege," an easily distorted concept, not to mention a puzzlingly legalistic phrase to show up in such a mediocre newspaper. Also, a Fulton County judge denied a motion to force the city to reveal all contract proposals, and no explanation is given in the article.
It might seem excessive to dwell on this one issue when our city has so many others to correct, but given a shady history of concessions contracts at the airport, it's definitely worth watching.
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