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

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?