By Maria Saporta
Many in Atlanta’s business community were shocked May 20 when Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed unexpectedly terminated Miguel Southwell, aviation general manager at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
We obtained the city’s termination letter to Southwell, which shows it took the city about 100 words to fire the head of the world’s busiest airport.
To read the full letter, click here.
Maria Saporta, executive editor, is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. From 2008 to 2020, she wrote weekly columns... More by Maria Saporta
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That’s just not right. How would Maynard Jackson have handled it?
Maria asked the very same thing https://saportareport.com/recent-firings-mayor-reed-contrast-atlantas-city-hall-maynard-jackson/
Ouch! Slap, slap, goodbye.
You cant judge because we dontreally know the details Believe me the employee has plenty of protection. How many times do we hear about employees that cheat and steal and the Governments hands are tied from doing anything