A Talk with Retiring Metro Atlanta Chamber President Sam Williams, Part 2: APS Scandal and More

WABE

June 6th, 2013

After 17 years as president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Sam Williams has announced he’ll retire at the end of this year–or sometime next year, if his successor is not found until then.

Williams has been a major figure in Atlanta’s economic and political life.

In Part 2 of a conversation with WABE’s Denis O’Hayer, Williams talked about the Chamber’s controversial role in the investigation of the 2009 Atlanta Public Schools test cheating scandal. Broadcast Version Expanded Version

(Full disclosure: WABE’s broadcast license is held by the Atlanta Board of Education.)

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