The former mayor used campaign cash for flights, hotels and limos.
Author: Doug Richards
Updated: 8:34 PM EDT May 24, 2021
ATLANTA — As former mayor Kasim Reed ponders a re-entry to city politics, his most recent campaign tells a story of money raised and thousand spent for services that had nothing to do with his campaign.
And it’s not illegal.
Reed barely won election as mayor way in 2009. During his first term, Reed raised a bunch of money to win a second term. But because he had no serious opposition in 2013, he didn’t have to spend much of the money.
When he was sworn in for his second term, Reed's campaign was sitting on a nice pile of unspent money – $609,128 according to a report filed that month – which the mayor proceeded to spend on what his disclosure forms described as official business.