LaFayette councilman makes bid to be mayor

Andy Arnold

Andy Arnold, a 12-year veteran of the LaFayette, Ga., City Council, will make a friendly bid in November for the mayor’s seat.

It’s friendly because Arnold waited for 23-year incumbent Mayor Neal Florence’s decision not to seek re-election.

“If he was going to run, we would not run against each other,” Arnold said. “We’re friends. We’re deacons together at church. I’m friends with everybody on [the] council.”

Arnold, the first candidate to announce, said he doesn’t plan any big changes if elected mayor.

“I have no plans for personnel changes, other than getting a city manager on board,” he said. Max Morrison, a former city councilman and owner of Flex-A-Bed, is acting as interim city manager after the resignation of Frank Etheridge.