CLT chief Orr out, pols sling mud and lawsuits
July 18, 2013 at 22:27 PM EDT
The city of Charlotte fired Jerry Orr as aviation director Thursday. Unless he fired himself. In a fitting end to a surreal day involving the months-long soap opera at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, supporters and opponents of creating an airport authority independent of city government argued over whether the 72-year-old airport executive had been fired...