wnbubbleboy
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Bowens, the authority's president and CEO, had airlines ship barbecue meat -- pork, beef ribs and brisket -- for free from Angelo's, a favorite Fort Worth restaurant. (She formerly worked as budget administrator for the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.) Hernandez claimed that Bowens had 200 pounds of barbecue meat shipped in for an annual employee appreciation barbecue. Higher-ranking authority employees were required to pay money to subsidize the expense of the meat, the suit states.
The auditor substantiated much of this allegation. His report says Southwest Airlines has shipped barbecue meat for free since 1998. Because no specific employee personally benefited from the shipment, it is "unclear" whether it was an ethics code violation, the audit states. No evidence exists that public funds were spent on the barbecue, the report states. Airport vice presidents voluntarily donated to pay for the barbecue. Bowens paid the remaining cost herself, the report says.
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/20...s/965ethics.txt
The auditor substantiated much of this allegation. His report says Southwest Airlines has shipped barbecue meat for free since 1998. Because no specific employee personally benefited from the shipment, it is "unclear" whether it was an ethics code violation, the audit states. No evidence exists that public funds were spent on the barbecue, the report states. Airport vice presidents voluntarily donated to pay for the barbecue. Bowens paid the remaining cost herself, the report says.
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/20...s/965ethics.txt
