Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Timing of school board nonpartisan election is flawed 

BRACK: Timing of school board nonpartisan election is flawed 

By Elliott Brack  |  Gwinnett voters will elect two members of the school board in 2022, and this  vote will be in a nonpartisan election. However, we feel the change in the law to require a nonpartisan election is flawed. You see, the people writing the new regulations never considered the best way to have a nonpartisan election. They just went along with the requirements in the only other non-partisan election in Gwinnett, where judges are elected.

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by · March 8, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Webb on horseback. Photo provided.

BRACK: Webb firm was postgraduate training for young lawyers

By Elliott Brack  |  What a tremendous life Jones Webb of Lawrenceville lived!  He was a community builder, led numerous civic organizations, was an accomplished attorney, had been a veteran of three services (the Army, the Marines and the Navy) and he thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the great outdoors.

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by · March 4, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Taking a look at the races for U.S. Senate and governor

BRACK: Taking a look at the races for U.S. Senate and governor

By Elliott Brack  |  Nine months out from the 2022 General Election in Georgia, let’s consider two large statewide political races, for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s office.

But recognize: this is an assessment made in late February.  Many new circumstances can pop up in the next months that can dramatically change these long-range observations.

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by · March 1, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Public broadcasting is welcome voice in our democracy

By Elliott Brack  |  Tomorrow, Saturday, February 26, will mark the 52nd anniversary of the incorporation of National Public Radio (NPR), one of our nation’s most distinguished media. With its founding, it replaced the former National Educational Radio Network. This came after President Lyndon Johnson signed the “Public Broadcasting Act” in 1967, with its goal to expand non-commercial radio and television broadcasting for educational purposes.

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by · February 25, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Today is a really special date, being 2-22-22

BRACK: Today is a really special date, being 2-22-22

By Elliott Brack  |  Look at today’s date.  It is 2-22-22. February 22, 2022. This is an unusual date and the numerically abbreviated date will never happen again.  And not only that, it’ll be 11+ years before a similar date rolls around, 3-3-33. Here’s something special to start your day with!

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by · February 22, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Big dose of activities this week: Scoreboard 3-0, politicians

By Elliott Brack |  Georgians got a triple dose of  politics this week. It didn’t taste good. First came the announcement that Chief Justice David Nahmias that he would resign after 12 years on the Georgia Supreme Court. That wasn’t so unusual. But note the timing of his announcement.

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by · February 18, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Taking a look at the religion of Supreme Court members

BRACK: Taking a look at the religion of Supreme Court members

By Elliott Brack   |  When writing about diversity on the Supreme Court in the most previous issue, we failed to address one topic: the religion of the U.S. Justices.

Six of the court members are Catholic: John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.  Two are Jewish: Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. Neil Gorsuch was raised a Catholic, but now attends an Episcopal church in Colorado.

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by · February 15, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Anticipating more diversity on Supreme Court appointment

By Elliott Brack  |  The new catch phrase you hear almost daily is “diversity.”  Gwinnett knows lots about diversity, as people from all around the world are moving here, dramatically changing our everyday lives. 

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by · February 11, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Georgia’s retirement funds have whopping 2021 return

BRACK: Georgia’s retirement funds have whopping 2021 return

By Elliott Brack  |  News stories about this time of year cite the highest paid Georgia state officials. And yes, it is a sad state of affairs that we pay the top football coaches far more than our university presidents. We won’t go into this more here.

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by · February 8, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: New literary magazine for the South has unique funding

By Elliott Brack  |  A new literary magazine for the South is finding great acceptance these days, putting out its first two in-print issues, after publishing its stories on the Internet since its founding in 2013.  It’s called The Bitter Southerner, published out of Athens, Ga.

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by · February 4, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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