Well, we almost elected a new Mayor yesterday – that should settle in a couple of weeks and from what I can tell, the expected winner, Kasim Reed is offering Mary Norwood a position in his administration. That’s good. With the city in as much flux as the rest of the country and with debt piled up, projects to do, cops to hire and keep employed, and a myriad of other financial and quality of life issues, it’s kinda sorta like Barack Obama’s job. Except The President doesn’t seem to ever need a bullhorn… We shall see... With a cautiously optimistic outlook lets review one cautiously positive forecast for residents of the embryonic megalopolis of Atlanta to consider looking into 2010. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports today that “Albert Niemi, dean of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University spoke yesterday at the 17th annual Bank of North Georgia Economic Forecast 2010 at the Cobb Energy & Performing Arts Centre. Niemi … [Read more...]