By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher
OCT. 2, 2018 | Next weekend is going to be one of the busiest of the years for different types of events in Gwinnett. Check the Calendar (below) to see some of these events, and there are probably even more. So, put on your traveling shoes and enjoy many different aspects of Gwinnett this weekend.
With the General Election for 2018 five weeks away, It’s high time to start studying the candidates and issues. GwinnettForum will publish its list of candidates it will endorse in the October 16 edition, giving readers three weeks for detailed information on the election.
Today we present the 2018 Sample Ballot. Click here to see the ballot. (To enlarge the PDF, use the + button.) Besides the list of the people running for the different offices, you will note that again this year there will be Constitutional Amendments as well as referendum questions on the ballot. In coming issues, GwinnettForum will present more detail on both the amendments and referendums.
Perhaps the most important element of the ballot for citizens of Gwinnett to determine IS whether a School Bond referendum should pass. Again, more on that in the next issue.
Each election is important in different ways. Now’s the time to pay attention and vote. Encourage your friends to participate in our citizen process.
We got this from Marshall Miller of Lilburn, quoting the late George Carlin: “When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.”
The most creative idea we have seen lately is the product of City of Suwanee’s Abby Wilkerson, their public information officer. Abby conceived the idea of publishing the city annual report, often a dry, boring recitation of financial transactions, in comic book form. The colorful 8×10, 16 page report is handsomely illustrated, and includes its own “league of unextraordinary villains.” But don’t worry: the villains meet their match in this annual report.
The distinctive comic book annual report caught the eyes of officials, and provided Suwanee with a national prize in its presentation. AttaGirl! Abby, for your creative thinking!
Filling in the blanks about abbreviations recently allowed us to think of a new way for you to fill in the blanks. This time, we turn to names of minor league baseball teams.
Some of the names of the minor league teams are doozies…..and we look no further than the CoolRay Field for one of those outlandish names.
Now, see how many of these 40 team nicknames you can get right. We’ll give you the name of the city, and you supply the nickname of the team.
- The Little Rock Arkansas _______.
- Bradenton, Fla. ________.
- Zebulon, N.C. _______.
- Charleston S.C._______.
- Chattanooga _________.
- Clinton, Iowa _________.
- Columbia S.C. _______.
- Columbus Ohio _________.
- Delmarva (Salisbury, Md.) _______.
- Down East (Kinston, N.C.) ________.
- Erie (Pa.) ________.
- Florida (Kissimmee) ________.
- Fresno (Cal.) ________.
- Greensboro (N.C.) ________.
- Gwinnett (Lawrenceville, Ga.) _________.
- Hickory (N.C.) ________.
- Iowa (Des Moines) _____.
- Lake County (Eastlake, Ohio) _________.
- Lakewood (N.J.) ________.
- Lancaster (Calif.) _______.
- Lansing (Mich.) _______.
- Lexington (Ky. ) ________.
- Louisville (Ky.) ______.
- Midland (Tex.) ______.
- Modesto (Calif.) ______.
- Myrtle Beach (S.C.) ______.
- Nashville (Tenn.) ______.
- New Hampshire (Manchester) _______.
- Norfolk (Va.) ______.
- Reading (Pa.) ________.
- Reno (Nev.) ______.
- Richmond (Va.) _________.
- Salem (Va.) ________.
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) _______.
- Savannah (Ga.) _________.
- Tacoma (Wash.) ______.
- Trenton (N.J.)______.
- Tri-City (Pasco, Wash.) _______.
- West Michigan (Grand Rapids) _______.
- Wisconsin (Appleton) _________.
Have your try at these nicknames. See how many you get!
- Have a comment? Send to: elliott@brack.net
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