Conyers Mayor Responds to Interview Request With Two Words: "Interview Declined"

By CJ Lester | CJ Lester Investigates

Conyers Mayor Connie Alsobrook has declined my request for a sit-down interview, according to email records I have obtained.

I submitted the request on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, through City Clerk Nicole Holsomback, who forwarded it to the mayor. My request was general in nature — I offered Mayor Alsobrook a direct opportunity to speak to Conyers residents through independent local media as part of my ongoing coverage of the City of Conyers. No specific controversy was named and no documents were cited. I offered availability any weekday between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., flexibility on location, and a phone interview as an alternative option.

The mayor's response came the following morning. At 10:18 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, Mayor Alsobrook replied to Holsomback from her iPhone with two words: "Interview declined."

No explanation was provided.

The Conyers City Council is scheduled to meet on March 18, 2026, with a full agenda that includes items carried over from the March 4 work session. Among them is a funding request to add $8,000 to the mayor and council contract labor budget account, an item that has been tabled twice since it first appeared on the February 4, 2026 work session agenda.

Records I obtained through an Open Records Act request — ORR CH-64-2026, responded to by the city on March 12, 2026 — confirm that no formal documents exist for a proposed mayoral administrative assistant position discussed at the March 4 work session. The city confirmed no materials, proposals, presentations, cost estimates, job descriptions, or budget amendments were ever prepared for that position.

The March 18 council meeting is open to the public and begins at 6:00 p.m. at Council Chambers, 901 O'Kelly Street, Conyers, Georgia 30012.

Mayor Alsobrook is welcome to respond or provide comment at any time by reaching me at cj@cjlesterinvestigates.com.

This article is based in part on a 53-page document packet produced by the City of Conyers in response to ORR CH-64-2026. This is the first of multiple reports I will be publishing based on those records.I have reached out to all members of the Conyers City Council for comment and will update this report as responses are received.