UNC System President Erskine Bowles says he “absolutely nothing to hide” and will let a group that organized against an airport in Orange County know if he meets with a pilots association.
In a story last week UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp announced he was asking the UNC Board of Governors to drop plans for an airport authority that was to seek a replacement for the university’s Horace Williams Airport. The Aircraft Pilots and Owners Association said it planned to meet with Bowles to discuss its continuing desire to see an airport in Orange County.
That got the attention of the grassroots group Airport Action. Spokesman Mark Marcoplos wrote Bowles asking that he let them know when "something is afoot with AOPA or other big players."
"History gives you the right to worry about transparency," Bowles wrote back.
"I am copying my assistant on this and asking her to please remind me to notify you if they ever request a meeting. ... But I have absolutely nothing to hide and no reason not to be transparent. Now back to the work of the 15 other campuses and problems associated with adequate funding in this terrible economy. Erskine"
