CITY PROBE: Closer To Getting the truth?
Tweet NOW THAT GREG EDWARDS, the Dougherty Judicial Circuit district attorney, has his hands on the long-awaited Georgia Bureau of Investigation report into the downtown manager’s office, what’s next? When will the public get to see what’s in it? There’s no telling. “I literally just got the report a few minutes ago,” Edwards said Tuesday. [...]
Read More →City scandals may convene Ethics Board
Tweet For the first time since then-Albany City Commissioner Henry Mathis was indicted, removed from office and ultimately convicted on public extortion charges, the city’s Ethics Board may be convened, a board member said Tuesday. Albany resident Carol Tharin said Tuesday that she thinks some current city hall issues – including Mayor Willie Adams’ role [...]
Read More →Outlook: ADICA board must resign.
Tweet Last week, the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority board of directors agreed the Dollar Square store must leave from downtown Albany, yet they refuse to leave the board themselves as negligent board members. They have completely lost the trust of the public, and continue to eliminate any chance for improvements. No future actions by the [...]
Read More →Our Perspective: Albany City Commision Candidates need to commit to end public corruption
Tweet cor·rup·tion [kuh-ruhp-shuhn] – noun 1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. 2. moral perversion; depravity. 3. perversion of integrity. 4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. This fall’s Albany City Commission races aren’t any more critical than any other, really; indeed, every local election is and has been important to a community’s success [...]
Read More →Alfred Lott accountable for 50K given to ADICA’s Brown
Tweet In spite of his claims to the contrary, City Manager Alfred Lott was directly responsible for a $50,000 grant awarded to an Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority board member and at least $61,000 in additional unauthorized expenditures that are now part of a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe, public records show. Lott spent at least [...]
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