Mayor Turner has deep ties to people on $470M Hobby deal, but has friends on Pappas’ side, too
City Council will consider Wednesday for food and beverage spaces at Hobby Airport have decades-long ties to Mayor Sylvester TurnerAt-Large City Councilmember Michael Kubosh on Tuesday said the Spanish company poised to win the Hobby concessions work, Areas SAU, finished no higher than third each of the first two times the city launched and then scrapped the procurement. The company now stands to win the lucrative contract, in a process procurement experts said has been atypical.
1989, prior to entering politics. Giddings has worked in Dallas airports and other facilities for decades, though her firm had not won work in Houston before last year. Harris adamantly denied that he got the lobbying job because of Turner, calling such a suggestion an insult. He said it was his qualifications, not Turner’s recommendation, that got him the job. Records show he had begun lobbying in Austin in 2005, representing 22 clients, including some local governments.
“After more than 30 years in public service, Mayor Sylvester Turner knows a lot of people in the Houston community. That has no relevance to what the city council is considering,” said Mary Benton, Turner's director of communications. “The mayor intends to refrain from engaging with the media on questions that have no direct impact on awarding contracts through procurement.”
Cindy Clifford, another friend of the mayor’s, often partners with HMS Host International, another company that sought the Hobby concession and lost.One former and one current state rep are set to get part of lucrative Houston airport contracts
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