Article: Director of Detroit Airport Steps Down.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Mar. 23--The director of troubled Detroit Metro Airport said Wednesday he will step down after a 2-year tenure that included improved customer service, but saw increased scrutiny of the airport's legacy of jobs and no-bid contracts for the well-connected.

Dave Katz, a top adviser to Wayne County Executive Ed McNamara, announced his resignation from the $131,663-a-year job at a morning staff meeting. His resignation is effective May 1.

McNamara is expected to name a new Wayne County airports director as early as next week.

Katz's resignation ends a 15-year political association with McNamara, but the two will remain business partners.

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