Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has postponed her annual State of the City address, which had been scheduled for Thursday morning at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown.
In a press release, Bottoms office said she was making the move at the request of the event’s sponsor, The Coca-Cola Company.
A spokesman for Bottoms didn’t immediately respond to a text about if the mayor would have postponed the speech had Coca-Cola not asked her.
The press release said that the Mayor looked “forward to updating the public in the near future of the Administration’s progress and unveiling new policies to ensure a thriving and equitable Atlanta.”
A future date for the speech has yet to be announced.
Throughout the U.S., large events, including campaign rallies for the remaining two Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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