Opinion

Atlanta water crisis: What was Mike Luckovich thinking?

How the artist came up with his idea.

luckovich

Credit: Mike Luckovich

Credit: Mike Luckovich

luckovich

By Mike Luckovich

June 8, 2024

Credit: Mike Luckovich

icon to expand image

Credit: Mike Luckovich

Mondays are the toughest day for me to come up with ideas because I haven’t been focused on the news as much. The Atlanta water main breaks caught my attention because it was a big local story. Andre Dickens has been a good mayor. Competent politicians make my job harder, so this was actually the first cartoon I’ve done on the Atlanta mayor. He was a little slow addressing this crisis, but he seems to have gotten things under control for the time being.

Related

Placeholder Image

Credit: AJC

About the Author

More Stories

Keep Reading

Credit: abbey.cutrer@ajc.com

Cascade Road reopens after years of construction

Cascade Road in southwest Atlanta is open again after nearly four years of construction. Business owners say the delays hurt profits and foot traffic.

Insider vs. Outsider: The race for Atlanta City Council president

It’s a sharp choice for voters between Atlanta’s political establishment and change in an election for the second-most powerful position at City Hall.

Attention, voters! Candidates raise their hands to run for school board seats.

Four metro Atlanta school districts will hold school board elections Nov. 4.

The Latest

Credit: TNS

OPINION

Courage to change: How UPS transformed to lead the future of global commerce

1h ago

OPINION

Another school shooting proves Americans value freedom at an unbearable cost

2h ago

OPINION

Readers write

2h ago

Featured

Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

The Atlanta airport Plane Train’s employees have voted to unionize

Employees who operate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's Plane Train said in a statement that their group is interested in better pay and benefits.

Georgia judge scraps FDA rule for cigarette packaging

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest rule requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising has been tossed out by a federal judge in South Georgia.

LISTEN

Rep. Buddy Carter pitches a Savannah wedding for Taylor Swift

“This is a storybook wedding, and they should have it in a storybook city," says Rep. Buddy Carter in a wide ranging interview on "Politically Georgia."