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"MWAAA board chairman Warner Session said he saw no value in sharing Potter’s contract with the public."
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A recent fund-raising pitch from the Virginia House Democratic Caucus says legal bills from the four recount battles after the 2017 legislative elections — including the one in Newport News that ended with a tie that was resolved only by drawing lots — will exceed $1 million. You have to dig into a part of campaign finance reports that many overlook, the schedule that details loans, to see the total — that’s usually where we find how much first-time candidates borrow to launch their efforts. Incumbents, you’ll be shocked to learn, tend to have an easy time raising money from Virginia’s friendly and generous lobbyists. Curious, Shad Plank asked the GOP caucus for its total. Spokesman Parker Slaybaugh says not all the bills are in, but added they’re expected to amount to about two-tenths of the Democratic total.
Daily Press
The head of Dulles International and Reagan National airports is among the highest-paid airport executives in the country, earning significantly more than those who run the nation’s busiest airports, a Washington Post survey found. John E. “Jack” Potter, president and chief executive of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, makes a base salary of just over $451,000 a year. By comparison, Roosevelt Council Jr., who until earlier this month served as general manager of the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, made less than half that — $221,000 a year. Board member David Speck added, “Jack’s compensation is a reflection of the magnitude and success he’s had in managing two airports. When you make a comparison of the full compensation [packages], Jack is right in the middle.” The Washington Post was unable to make that comparison because MWAA refused to provide a copy of Potter’s contract or release any information beyond his base salary, citing an exemption in its Freedom of Information policy. Although the agency has in the past released a copy of Potter’s contract and those of two other MWAA executives, officials said concerns about the privacy of employees now outweigh the public interest in the contract. MWAAA board chairman Warner Session said he saw no value in sharing Potter’s contract with the public.
The Washington Post
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