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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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“You have to get people who are willing speak the truth and are above all the other stuff — the partisan stuff and outside interests,” said A.D. Frazier, chief operating officer of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, on what he feels is needed to regain city voters' trust. He suggested someone on the order of a Sam Nunn, of The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and former U.S. senator. Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 9, 2012