An internal Denver International Airport memo obtained by CBS Colorado appears to corroborate key details of a closed-door meeting that city officials have been publicly disputing.
The memo, written days after a January 6 meeting among city and airport officials, documents a conversation at the center of a federal lawsuit filed by a former airport attorney. That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline’s safety record — not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
The Denver Mayor’s Office and the City Attorney’s Office have both called the allegation that Brown pushed for a safety investigation of the airline false.
The dispute over Key Lime Air
The episode began with a routine-seeming request. Key Lime Air, a charter air service, sought to lease 1,200 square feet of office and storage space at the airport last year — the kind of agreement Denver International Airport regularly enters into with airlines…