Question

What issue was Atlanta mayor William B. Hartsfield MOST committed to during his time in office?

Answer 1

Answer: Mayor Willam Hartsfield was credited with developing Atlanta into the aviation powerhouse that it is today and with building its image as "the City Too Busy to Hate." Hartsfield helped establish Atlanta’s first airport, he was committed to advancing the goal of the city to become the aviation hub of the Southeast. While serving as a member of a subcommittee of the finance committee, he played a prominent role in the selection of Candler Speedway's 287 acres south of Atlanta near Hapeville for a landing field for airplanes. The city leased the Candler site in 1925. Hartsfield believed that Atlanta's future lay in air transportation and took the lead in promoting it throughout his political career.

His aim for promoting Atlanta as an aviation center earned him the certificate of distinguished achievement awarded from the chamber of commerce in 1928 and the reputation as Atlanta's "father of aviation."