Monday, November 3, 2008
News Fox5 investigates DOT chief's e-mails tonight
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Dale Russell of Fox5 Atlanta has an investigative report airing tonight at 6 and 10 p.m. that looks into DOT Commissioner Gena Evans (nee Abraham) and explicit e-mails she sent to former boyfriends when she worked at different state agencies. If they're the same ones reported late last week by WSB's Richard Belcher, then they're sexual in nature.
Evans has denied she did anything wrong and has understandably questioned who's behind the examination of her past. The commissioner's widely considered a reformer at the uber-powerful and long-beleaguered state agency. It's been rumored, however, that her appointment angered many proponents of the status quo. Whatever the case, word is that some high-level folks are keeping an eye on this item.
Says Russell:
It began with a computer disk with hundreds of e-mails written by DOT Commissioner Gena Evans. Written, before she was at the DOT, while working at other state agencies. Written on state computers, often during office hours. Many are personal. Some, very personal, even sexually explicit. They took us on a trail to personal relationships that some say conflicted with her professional responsibilities.
Click here to check out Russell's preview of the report. (I was going to say "tease," but that just seems too easy in this case.) Click here to view what aired on WSB.
The look into the e-mails — which were unearthed by Open Records enthusiast George Anderson — has generated an interesting discussion on Peach Pundit and Live Apartment Fire. (Dale at LAF examines the newsroom decisions that led to the airing of the e-mails; Erick at PP says he thinks reporters are being led on a witch hunt by enemies of Evans.)
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