Staff reports City Manager Alfred Lott steadfastly refused a citizens committee’s request in December for an explanation and information regarding irregularities that have occurred during the planning stages for the city’s proposed downtown bus transfer facility. But in a prepared statement to the City Commission on Tuesday night, Lott responded to criticism of the city’s role [...]

By Kevin Hogencamp Amid a cloud of secrecy, City Manager Alfred Lott has fired transit system director Nedra Woodyatt and her second-in-command as the city continues to try to push a scandal-ridden $9 million bus station project through the federal bureaucracy. Woodyatt was the project director for the proposed “multi-modal transportation center,” which is costing taxpayers millions [...]

From illegally spending tax funds to hiring the likes of James Younger, Robert Jones and convicted felon Don Buie, among others, Albany City Manager Alfred Lott has demonstrated time and time again that he feels he is above the law and not answerable for his actions. And with no oversight from the weak-kneed City Commission, [...]

When he was hired in 2005, Albany City Manager Alfred Lott was unofficially directed to clean house in some departments – the Civic Center, finance and human resources departments, in particular – and to leave well enough alone in other cases. By most accounts, two departments that didn’t need tampering with from a leadership standpoint [...]

Although there have been no charges by any law enforcement agency against Albany City Manager Al Lott, there is certainly enough of a work history to date to clearly show that our City Manager has not performed his responsibilities effectively. People are fired all the time for simply doing a poor job, never having broken any [...]