SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators say an aircraft parking lease awarded by former state aviation director Dan Clem violated federal policies by benefiting a businessman at the expense of the Aurora State Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration also says that state financial management of the busy airport is “deficient at best.”
The Statesman Journal reports federal regulators recently gave the state 30 days to submit a correction plan — which is required to continue $150,000 per year in federal funding for the airport.
Federal scrutiny of leasing practices at the state-owned airport in Marion County focused on a 2008 lease that Clem awarded to TLM Holdings.
