{"619511":{"#nid":"619511","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Indictment Could Bolster State Bid to Take Over Atlanta Airport","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Persons\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of pubic policy\u0026nbsp;was quoted in \u0026ldquo;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/state-effort-take-over-atlanta-airport-could-hit-major-milestone\/0bH7XMTPn4s2EO4W9D1IOK\/\u0022\u003EIndictment Could Bolster State Bid to Take Over Atlanta Airport\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026rdquo; in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, March 6.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut not everyone was convinced new leadership would translate into an improved ethical climate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the state gained control of Hartsfield-Jackson, \u0026ldquo;You\u0026rsquo;d have different people who make the decision as to who gets the contracts, and you\u0026rsquo;d have probably different people getting the contracts,\u0026rdquo; said Georgia Persons, a professor at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy.\u0026ldquo; You wouldn\u0026rsquo;t solve a problem.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/state-effort-take-over-atlanta-airport-could-hit-major-milestone\/0bH7XMTPn4s2EO4W9D1IOK\/\u0022\u003ERead Full Article in \u003Cem\u003EAJC\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2019-03-22 15:31:52","changed_gmt":"2019-03-22 15:37:07","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"big tech","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/state-effort-take-over-atlanta-airport-could-hit-major-milestone\/0bH7XMTPn4s2EO4W9D1IOK\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"180868","name":"Atlanta airport"},{"id":"180869","name":"Georgia Persons"},{"id":"180870","name":"airport corruption"},{"id":"180871","name":"airport state takeover"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}