MIDDLETON–The City of Middleton’s Ethics Board last week dismissed a five-count complaint brought against Mark Opitz, city planner and zoning administrator, by an opponent of airport expansion stemming from ongoing issues with the Middleton Municipal Airport-Morey Field.
The complaint filed on Dec. 20, 2019 was the first the approximately year-old board ever considered.
It alleged that Opitz:
• Lacked transparency and or truthfulness regarding developing a survey of potential airport users;
• Accepted gifts in the form travel at reduced fares from owners of Capital Flight, an airport-based ,private business;
• Misused the city’s listserv email system to advance his pro-airport expansion agenda;
• Shared information with Capital Flight owners which he withheld from the airport manager;
• Had an angry, intimidating conservation with the complainant, Leslie Hayner, after a Middleton Common Council meeting.