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Aug 21, 2006 - Ex-MARTA CEO Abused Credit Cards

Ex-MARTA CEO Abused Credit Cards | The Atlanta Business Chronicle

While MARTA suffered through some of the worst deficits in its history, then-General Manager and CEO Nathaniel Ford and his secretaries charged nearly $150,000 over his five years in office to a pair of MARTA credit cards that the transit authority's board never knew existed, according to new internal and external audits of his spending.

Ford, who left MARTA in January to become executive director of San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA), primarily charged business-related expenses -- meals and drinks at fine restaurants, trips to industry conventions across the country, etc. -- but these should have been curtailed in light of MARTA's financial troubles, said board Chairman Ed Wall.

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