Mayor Phil Gordon held his monthly Business Coffee this morning at Mi Amigo's in the Arizona Center.  The coffee was free, the restaurant provided a buffet which was free but donations were accepted.  (That was really classy- hats off to the owner and staff at Mi Amigo's - I don't know the owner but he was very gracious - they don't have a breakfast menu but hopefully they will open for Breakfast in the near future)

Anyway, this was by far the best attended Mayor's Coffee gathering thus far (100 to 150 in attendance), probably in part due to the subject matter which was "Metro Light Rail - with a presentation by Metro Light Rail CEO Rick Simonetta.  I have to say I was impressed with Rick's presentation and with hearing his background.  Rick, who was involved with bringing light rail to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics, said our system will be finished "on budget and on time" which is rare in the light rail world.  He also said that our light rail system is the "nations largest, most complex, starter line ever built".

The Mayor was his usual upbeat, visionary self. 

check out a video of this morning's presentation

Photo was taken with a cell phone camera sorry!