"In the mayoral debate last night, Mary Norwood referred several times to the City's ‘Enron accounting’. The accounting issues at Enron involved fraud and criminal activity. If Ms. Norwood has knowledge of fraud or criminal activity in connection with the City's finances, her obligation as a public official is to report them immediately to the US Attorney, and I call on her now to do just that. Neither I nor the City's Chief Financial Officer, Jim Glass, have any such knowledge. In fact, Mr. Glass has demonstrated exemplary competency and integrity in all the City's financial matters, and I know that he is making significant improvements in the City's financial practices and policies. Those improvements have been reported regularly and openly to the City Council on which Ms. Norwood serves and to the public. To publicly assert criminal activity in the absence of proof violates basic principles of fairness and decency.”
-Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
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