Articles by: Elliott Brack

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BRACK: Symphony performance with granddaughter was great fun

By Elliott Brack |  Presented with two tickets to the symphony, we jumped at the offer. After all, we had not been in attendance at anything much at all during the pandemic, except for two special outdoor church services. 

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BRACK: Flap develops over cost of collecting Gwinnett city taxes

BRACK: Flap develops over cost of collecting Gwinnett city taxes

By Elliott Brack  |  Out of nowhere, a change in the way the new Gwinnett Tax Commissioner wants to charge eight Gwinnett cities for her work in collecting municipal taxes has developed.

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by · March 30, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Johnny Day enjoys an HO Gauge model railroad that was built by his father in a separate back yard Train House.

BRACK: Check out the 100-year-old bungalow restored in Norcross

By Elliott Brack |  A 1917 Norcross bungalow got a new owner nearly 100 years after it was built, and has been beautifully remodeled by Johnny Day.  This Thrasher Street house was built by William McElroy, who ran a coal business in the area. He is an ancestor of S.T. McElroy, who ran a lumber company in Norcross.

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by · March 26, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Artwork in Malmo, Sweden, via Unsplash.

BRACK: Come together, Georgia, to stop these senseless shootings

By Elliott Brack  |  The senseless shooting rampage that killed eight Georgians this week tears at your very being. It horrifies us. Can’t we as a people do better than that?

It seems  that shootings in America, and now in Georgia, are beginning to be routinely expected. Each week gives new accounts: 

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by · March 19, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: C’mon, Lawrenceville, don’t develop Crogan-Clayton corner

BRACK: C’mon, Lawrenceville, don’t develop Crogan-Clayton corner

By Elliott Brack   |  The City of Lawrenceville may be on the verge of defaming a facility of which they should be most proud. This county seat government has before it what is described as a “feeler proposal” to develop a sliver of land next to the now-just-about-completed Cultural Arts Center at the intersection of Clayton and Crogan Streets.  A sign on the property indicates both businesses and condos are being considered, with the location potentially to be called “The Winn, East Crogan Street Lofts.” The property measures 70 x 300 feet.

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by · March 16, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Hayes auto dealership in Lawrenceville marks 50 years in business

Hayes auto dealership in Lawrenceville marks 50 years in business

By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum MARCH 12, 2021  |  A Lawrenceville auto dealer is marking its 50th anniversary this month. Hayes Chrysler-Dodge began operations on Scenic Highway in 1971.  Today the Hayes Automotive Group operates another dealership in Gainesville and two more in Baldwin, selling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles. It’s a fourth […]

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by · March 12, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Is “national search” necessary for next superintendent? 

By Elliott Brack  |  The new Black majority on the Gwinnett School Board seems intent on curtailing the leadership of Alvin Wilbanks as its superintendent. However, Mr. Wilbanks has a contract through June 2022, and has no intention to leave sooner.

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BRACK: Pay the Gwinnett County commission chair a higher salary

By Elliott Brack  |  Over the years, GwinnettForum has championed a more adequate salary for the chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission.  One of our Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County, published in each issue, is: “21st  century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.” For several reasons, which we have never understood, the county has failed to act on this objective over the last few years.  

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BRACK: Extremes in local weather; Why your mail arrived later 

BRACK: Extremes in local weather; Why your mail arrived later 

By Elliott Brack |  Georgia and Atlanta have experienced relatively warm temperatures this winter. Lucky for us, we didn’t see the extreme low temperatures that hit Texas during January.

While we prefer the warmer climes, we always like to see a fairly low, below freezing, day or two in order to kill the unwanted insects around the yard.  But extreme lows haven’t hit Atlanta this  year.

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BRACK: Duluth author pens novel about business in part of Africa

By Elliott Brack   | A first-time Duluth resident has just published Grand Lure: Africa, an exciting 393 page novel set in West Central Africa.  The action takes place in four countries, Ghana, Togo, Barandi and Burkina Faso.

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by · February 19, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective