Commission Backs LAX Chief

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The airport commission on Monday threw its support behind the executive director of Los Angeles International Airport, agreeing that Gina Marie Lindsey did not improperly steer a pair of contracts toward firms that she previously worked with, the Daily Breeze reports.


“Any inference of impropriety on her part is not well-founded and destructive,” Airport Commissioner Walter Zifkin said.


However, the commission’s vote of confidence came just as further questions were raised about a series of similar contracts approved under Lindsey’s watch while she was in charge of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.


Lindsey has repeatedly denied allegations that she pressured a team of airport executives into selecting Los Angeles-based DMJM as project manager to oversee more than $5billion worth of upgrades at LAX.


DMJM’s project management team is led by Loren Smith, who previously worked for Pasadena-based Parsons Corp. when he oversaw $3 billion worth of improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. From 1993 to 2004, Lindsey was airport director for the Port of Seattle, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.



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