Phila. Airport Head Retires Amid Residency Questions
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Posted: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 7:16PM
Phila. Airport Head Retires Amid Residency Questions
by KYW’s Matt Leon
The man in charge of Philadelphia’s airports is retiring early.
Charles Isdell (aboove, in file photo) will leave at the end of the month after a TV news investigation raised questions over his residency.
Mayor Michael Nutter says he accepted Isdell’s retirement with regret — that he’s has been an asset to the city since he was first hired in 1973, and serving as director of aviation since 2000.
Nutter says this stems from questions raised about Isdell’s residency. Philadelphia employees are required to live within city limits:
“It’s a fairly complicated matter involving his wife, who has taken ill. She lives outside the city. Charlie has a house and has maintained a residence in the city, but because of the health matter has recently been spending more time with his wife to try and help her through the health issue.”
Nutter says rather than have any controversy or job distraction, Isdell decided instead to move up his retirement from July to January 30.
The mayor says the search for his replacement had already begun; now, it will be accelerated.