Yesterday morning, Marianne wrote in with a report that Decatur Diner was passing out menus in front of its location on East Ponce, and had told her that they would probably be open next Monday or Tuesday.  Based on past estimated openings given by Diner employees, she was skeptical, but passed along the “news” to us.

I followed up with the city yesterday and was told that not only had a “certificate of occupancy” not yet been issued to Decatur Diner, but according to the city’s Building Official Rick Logan, final building, plumbing and fire inspections hadn’t even yet been requested by the Diner’s owners.  All inspections must be approved by the city before a business can apply for a “certificate of occupancy” and open its doors.

So bottom-line: a next Monday or Tuesday opening seems unlikely.

Sewers!  Jobs!  Sewers!  Jobs!

So, what’s the silver-lining of over $1 billion in EPA-mandated sewer repairs?  Over 1,300 regional jobs!

So says DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis in his annual State of the County speech this morning, according to the AJC’s Megan Matteucci.

Ellis will give his speech again tonight at 6pm at the Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur.

1920’s Albuquerque, NM sewer photo courtesy of SewerHistory.org