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  <title><![CDATA[Indictment Could Bolster State Bid to Take Over Atlanta Airport]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><strong>Georgia Persons</strong>, professor of pubic policy&nbsp;was quoted in &ldquo;<strong><a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/state-effort-take-over-atlanta-airport-could-hit-major-milestone/0bH7XMTPn4s2EO4W9D1IOK/">Indictment Could Bolster State Bid to Take Over Atlanta Airport</a></strong>&rdquo; in the&nbsp;<strong><em>Atlanta Journal Constitution</em></strong>, March 6.</p>

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<p>But not everyone was convinced new leadership would translate into an improved ethical climate.</p>

<p>If the state gained control of Hartsfield-Jackson, &ldquo;You&rsquo;d have different people who make the decision as to who gets the contracts, and you&rsquo;d have probably different people getting the contracts,&rdquo; said Georgia Persons, a professor at Georgia Tech&rsquo;s School of Public Policy.&ldquo; You wouldn&rsquo;t solve a problem.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/state-effort-take-over-atlanta-airport-could-hit-major-milestone/0bH7XMTPn4s2EO4W9D1IOK/">Read Full Article in <em>AJC</em></a></p>

<p>The School of Public Policy is a unit of Georgia Tech&#39;s&nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.</p>
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