Ex-mayor’s ethics woes get him dropped as a professor at Ga. Tech

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Citing ethics issues and ongoing investigations, Georgia Tech has suspended a professorship for former Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis.

The choice was communicated to Davis in an e mail from College of Public Coverage Chair Cassidy Sugimoto informing Davis of the suspension.

The e-mail states that if he’s cleared of wrongdoing, the suspension could also be reconsidered.

Information 12 obtained a replica of the e-mail from the varsity:

Among the many ethics allegations towards Davis, he was accused of misusing 1000’s of {dollars} in marketing campaign funds and never submitting marketing campaign contribution disclosure reviews on time for a number of years in a row.

An investigation was additionally launched over issues that he might have paid for a collection of billboards from again in 2018 encouraging voters to approve a location for the brand new James Brown Enviornment in south Augusta.

A whistleblower mentioned Davis assigned metropolis workers members duties associated to his reelection again in 2018.

Additionally, his estranged spouse, Evett Davis, claimed he was having an affair with a city-paid guide.

Davis’ final day in workplace was Dec. 31. He couldn’t run for reelection on account of time period limits, and Garnett Johnson is now mayor.

We checked with metropolis officers to ask whether or not Davis nonetheless has entry to his outdated metropolis e mail account, and we had been informed he doesn’t.

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