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April 2, 2013-ATLANTA: Atlanta Housing Authority chief Renee Glover defends high salaries paid to top executives in the organization during an interview in Atlanta on Tuesday April 2nd, 2013. Much has been made of Renee Glover's $300,000-plus salary as head of the Atlanta Housing Authority. But she's not alone in being exceptionally well paid. More than a dozen of the authority's executives pull down more than Georgia's governor. And a survey of salaries at a half dozen similar-sized or larger public housing agencies around the country reveals that Atlanta's pay structure is far out of whack. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

Credit: Phil Skinner

Credit: Phil Skinner

April 2, 2013-ATLANTA: Atlanta Housing Authority chief Renee Glover defends high salaries paid to top executives in the organization during an interview in Atlanta on Tuesday April 2nd, 2013. Much has been made of Renee Glover's $300,000-plus salary as head of the Atlanta Housing Authority. But she's not alone in being exceptionally well paid. More than a dozen of the authority's executives pull down more than Georgia's governor. And a survey of salaries at a half dozen similar-sized or larger public housing agencies around the country reveals that Atlanta's pay structure is far out of whack. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM
By Tom Sabulis
Aug 1, 2013

Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

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The Atlanta Housing Authority has received acclaim for transforming the inner city’s bleak housing projects. But it also has come under fire for large salaries paid to its CEO Renee Glover and many top employees. Today, a former Atlanta mayor defends the AHA and its leader’s pay, saying the results speak for themselves. But a community activist questions where all the displaced residents of the old projects have gone, adding that federal authorities or Congress must address wasteful spending on salaries.

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Results justify AHA salary by Shirley Franklin

Outrageous housing staff pay should stop by Derrick Boazman

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