Articles by: Elliott Brack

BRACK: It’s real! Gwinnett tops 1 million people as of June 15

BRACK: It’s real! Gwinnett tops 1 million people as of June 15

By Elliott Brack |  For years, Gwinnett officials and even its citizens have been realizing that with the population growing in the county, Gwinnett would some day total 1,000,000 people.

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by · August 11, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Tidbits including USA in World Cup and $15 minimum wage

BRACK: Tidbits including USA in World Cup and $15 minimum wage

By Elliott Brack | Were you wide awake at 5 a.m. Sunday watching the women’s soccer tournament from Down Under?  We were. While we seldom watch soccer routinely, for some reason we thought history might be on tap in that match-up, and made ourselves get out of bed.

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by · August 8, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Why elect judges and school boards when the fewest vote?

BRACK: Why elect judges and school boards when the fewest vote?

By Elliott Brack  |  Take a look at how Gwinnett County voted in the 2022 elections. You might find it interesting, but also find the ramifications far more interesting.

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by · August 4, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Roosevelt signs the GI Bill in 1944.  George is standing behind the U.S. Rep. Edith Rogers, R-Mass., and has a handkerchief in his pocket.  Photo via U.S. Senate.

BRACK: FDR comes to Georgia and endorses a challenger, who loses

By Elliott Brack  |  At the celebration dedicating a new Lamar  Electric Membership Cooperative here on Aug. 11, 1938, there were 50,000 people in attendance for the opening of the electric co-op. 

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by · August 1, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: New Fact Book, everyday items and Twain’s favorite work

BRACK: New Fact Book, everyday items and Twain’s favorite work

By Elliott Brack  |  GwinnettForum has released for sale the second edition of its small book, 366 Facts about Gwinnett County, Ga.  It is an updated version of the book released in 2018 for the Gwinnett Bicentennial. It is also “Improved.”

You may remember that former County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash asked GwinnettForum to produce a list of  distinctive facts about this fast-growing county, to celebrate its Bicentennial in 2018.  She wanted to put one fact a day about the county on the county website.

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BRACK: Trump is the poster child of trying to delay justice

BRACK: Trump is the poster child of trying to delay justice

By Elliott Brack  |  It was four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone (1809-1898) who is credited with the phrase, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” In the modern day, that phrase was brought back to popularity by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, smuggled out of prison in 1963.

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BRACK: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental

BRACK: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental

By Elliott Brack  |  When on vacation, most of the time renting an automobile is relatively easy and routine. Our recent trip to New York didn’t fit into that category, for a couple of reasons.

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The water falls 215 feet.

BRACK: Visiting the Finger Lakes region in New York

By Elliott Brack  |  Last week was our first trip to the Finger Lakes region of New York, a scenic area of lakes, waterfalls, outdoor recreation, wineries galore, and lots of farming and treed hills.  Though some harsh rains poured on eastern New York earlier, our week saw nice days.

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Peterson, via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Enjoy our favorite Canadian, Oscar Peterson

By Elliott Brack  |  Do you have a favorite Canadian? We do: late piano artist Oscar Peterson. Born in Montreal in 1925, he died in 2007. He is considered to have been the world’s greatest jazz pianist.

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BRACK: A new celebrity here: Miss Georgia lives in Sugar Hill

By Elliott Brack  |  Gwinnett has a new celebrity. The new Miss Georgia, Tara Lynne Schiphof, lives in downtown Sugar Hill. She competed in the contest as Miss Capital City. 

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