Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is known for temper flare-ups in recent years. The latest involved harsh words– including a few racially-tinged ones– against two prominent builder/developer advocates over a permitting fee ordinance the mayor wanted City Council to pass. Even though the mayor always touts a pro-business record, it isn’t productive to good business by publicly berating and humiliating Scott Selig of the prominent Selig Enterprises development firm and Michael Paris of the Council for Quality Growth. The African-American mayor further stirred the pot against the white businessmen by repeatedly and unnecessarily rejecting a “master-servant relationship.” When Reed displays such rudeness his boat will always be SINKING…
