Tonight (Tuesday) Mayor Joe Riley is going to address the Sofa Super Store fire in a speech tonight. I am not expecting anything earth shattering, but the ground swell of people unhappy with the mayor and fire chief could result in tension when the mayor starts taking questions from the community.

Some members of city council expressed their concerns about the changes to the department, and why, if they were so easy to implement, did it take a deadly fire to do so. Some bloggers are calling for the mayor and Chief Rusty Thomas to resign amid the swirl of questions and accusations. Depending on where you sit, those are the only changes that will make a difference. For their parts…Chief Thomas said he would never resign, and the mayor is running for re-election.

Doubtful that those issues will be touched, but the mayor will take questions from the people, things could get interesting.