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What Atlanta's "Voice" is hearing on Dickens, Bottoms, tariffs & more [1]

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Date: 2025-04-07

It's been a minute since 'Atlanta Voice' editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs and I last spoke, and with so much to discuss, today seemed like as good a day as any to reconnect.

Suggs got to spend a ⁠wire-to-wire day with Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens⁠ recently, so naturally, I had questions. With his re-election campaign's coffers brimming with cash, is that positive or negative in the eyes of Atlantans? Will 'Cop City' be a drag for him? His 11th hour pivot on 'Beltline rail?'

Recent word that ⁠former mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is looking into a gubernatorial run⁠ had me wondering if she's more popular with the Atlanta voter base than conventional wisdom might bely.

Will Senator Jon Ossoff lose support from black voters because of ⁠attack ads targeting his vote on trans sports participants?⁠

Will looming tariff costs to the average American household keep folks from traveling this summer? Like to the ⁠new Universal Epic Universe theme park journalists like Suggs had the opportunity to get a sneak peak of⁠?

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