New allegations made against Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – There are new allegations in opposition to Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis from his estranged spouse, Evett Davis, in response to the couple’s divorce.

She claims the mayor’s having an affair with a lady, we discovered, is a city-paid marketing consultant.

We discovered greater than a dozen funds to that consulting firm. Now, these are simply allegations from Mrs. Davis. It has not been confirmed true.

Nevertheless, whether it is true, this provides one other questionable expense to the mayor’s workplace.

“I’m a really proud spouse of Hardie Davis Jr,” she mentioned.

That was in 2010. Davis was joined by his spouse, as he took the oath of workplace to serve within the state Senate.

Now, they’re calling it quits after 28 years of marriage. Via pages upon pages of paperwork, allegations of an “ongoing affair” is the place the priority begins.

Mayor Davis filed for divorce 10 days in the past. Final Wednesday, Mrs. Davis responded. Within the response, she named a lady the mayor who’s supposedly having an affair with.

We seemed her up and located she owned a consulting agency. A fast search of Augusta’s Test Register discovered 15 separate funds to her agency.

They begin in Could of 2020, the primary verify totaling $2,975. That’s the identical day the corporate was reinstated by the Secretary of State’s Workplace. Funds proceed up till November of 2020.

A complete of $34,425 was spent. Davis denies the affair allegations however says the girl and her firm did present help companies to his workplace throughout the pandemic, which is why she was paid.

We are able to’t see the precise invoices to find out the kind of service, however every fee is labeled as “financial development– public relations.” The hiring consults are allowed below the mayor’s authority. Davis has admitted to hiring consultants for varied causes up to now.

We reached out to some commissioners Monday afternoon. They’ve had no conversations about this as a gaggle. Nevertheless, one commissioner did inform me he’s involved. And he expects there to be conversations on how one can uncover impropriety in how the mayor’s workplace selects his consultants.

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