Langford Dissolves Laptop Charity Board Amid Ethical Questions
posted 2:56 pm Thu February 21, 2008 - Birmingham
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has dissolved the board of a charity he created to distribute city-bought laptops to schoolchildren. Also, amid ethical questions, a longtime friend of the mayor's has severed all ties to the project. In e-mails sent to members of the Birmingham Education Initiative's board, Langford said he regretted that they had been caught up in the controversy.
Langford said he plans to ask the City Council to select a new board for the charity.
John Katopodis set up Langford's laptop initiative and ran a previous charity Langford created to distribute computers when Langford was mayor of Fairfield. Katopodis said yesterday he would have nothing more to do with the Birmingham Education Initiative, known as BEI.
Several City Council members demanded assurances that Katopodis would not be involved in BEI before the city gave $3.5 million to manage the 15,000 laptops in the computer program for schools.
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Information From: The Birmingham News
Langford said he plans to ask the City Council to select a new board for the charity.
John Katopodis set up Langford's laptop initiative and ran a previous charity Langford created to distribute computers when Langford was mayor of Fairfield. Katopodis said yesterday he would have nothing more to do with the Birmingham Education Initiative, known as BEI.Several City Council members demanded assurances that Katopodis would not be involved in BEI before the city gave $3.5 million to manage the 15,000 laptops in the computer program for schools.
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Information From: The Birmingham News
Latest Comment on Langford Dissolves Laptop Charity Board Amid Ethical Questions
bladtinzu
11:35 pm on 02/25/08
Where is my dome Larry??? Did the gay porn start suck up (no pun intended) all my dome money??
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