As we reported last month, Matt Aitken has decided to make a run for mayor. He needs a job, has been on the commission before and why not? Let’s hop in the way back machine and see what the Insider thought of the last to mayoral candidates who turned out not to be mayoral candidates. Cheek […]
In the friendly confines of the Clear Channel studios of Minnesota Fattz and Cher Best Tuesday morning, the most controversial mayoral candidate who never was withdrew his hat from the ring to become Augusta’s next chief executive. Or as some might say, “the pig got out of the smokehouse.” Deposed city Administrator Fred Russell has […]
Stunned. Shocked. Unfazed. That’s how most Augusta commissioners summed up their feelings about former City Administrator Fred Russell’s announcement this week not to run for mayor of the Garden City. During an exclusive interview on the Fattz and Cher Morning Show on 96.33 Kiss FM on Tuesday, Russell said he has changed his mind about […]
Now that Augusta’s mayoral and commission races have officially been moved to May 20 because state lawmakers voted to change Georgia’s primary election from July to May, folks are rushing to decide whether or not their names will be on the ballot this spring. So far, the folks who have [...]
Two announcements this past week made official what many had already known to be true, that a pair of men very well known in their respective counties were about to become even better known as “politicians.” They are as different as they can be: one black and one white. One working [...]
Insider 1/23/2014 Is He Running? The Great White Hope-Fred Russell-is rumored to be announcing his candidacy next week on a black radio station. But the newest rumor floating around is former Augusta District 1 Commissioner Matt Aitken is strongly considering running. He lost his seat in a run [...]
Get ready Augusta. You will likely soon see “Russell for Mayor” signs popping up all over the Garden City. The idea is incredible. A little more than a month ago, seven Augusta commissioners unanimously voted to fire former City Administrator Fred Russell from a position he had held for almost [...]
Each of the seven Augusta commissioners involved in the firing of Fred Russell kept saying pretty much the same thing about the city administrator’s abrupt departure: “It’s not a personal thing with Fred. We like Fred.” That’s easy for them to say when you are not the one being fired. As [...]
So, after more than a decade working in Augusta-Richmond County, City Administrator Fred Russell is out. And while many people are talking about what a huge surprise it was that Russell was fired, that’s not exactly true. Augusta Commissioner Marion Williams has been talking about getting rid [...]