Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: 2 Gwinnett mayors inducted in Ga. Municipal Hall of Fame

BRACK: 2 Gwinnett mayors inducted in Ga. Municipal Hall of Fame

By Elliott Brack |  Two Gwinnettians achieved additional distinction recently, when the Georgia Municipal Association named them to its Hall of Fame.   We’re speaking of Sugar Hill Mayor Steve Edwards, and Suwanee Mayor Jimmy Burnette, who were inducted at a recent GMA meeting in Savannah.

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by · August 24, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
U.S. soldiers with Afghans evacuating Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 17, after the Taliban captured Kabul. U.S. Navy photo via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Hurrah! We’re leaving Afghanistan; we should have done it years ago

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s beyond me why some in our country are so concerned about what’s happening in Afghanistan. Not only should our country leave Afghanistan as fast as we can, for the real problem is that we should never have sent American troops to that country halfway around the world in the first place. Fighting against the natives there is a zealous guerilla war. There was no way a visitor could “win.”

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by · August 20, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: 2020 Census shows Gwinnett grows 14,813 people each year

BRACK: 2020 Census shows Gwinnett grows 14,813 people each year

Exclusive in GwinnettForum  |  The 2020 Census results show that Gwinnett County continues to grow, now with a population of 957,062, an increase of 148,138 people or 19 per cent since the 2010 census. Gwinnett continues to be Georgia’s second most populated county, trailing Fulton County, which has 1,066,970 people.

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by · August 17, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Warnock and Cruz get together to propose Interstate 14

BRACK: Warnock and Cruz get together to propose Interstate 14

By Elliott Brack  |  Ever heard of Interstate 14?  You may not have. It doesn’t exist…..yet. But it could. It would be a route across the Deep South covering 1,300 miles, after a bipartisan amendment passed through the U.S. Senate, through an unusual partnership of Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Ted Cruz of Texas, who got together behind the measure.

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by · August 13, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Here are positive indications we are winning the Covid War 

BRACK: Here are positive indications we are winning the Covid War 

By Elliott Brack  |  While the United States is seeing more new Covid-19 virus cases in the last few days, there are some good indications we are in better shape today than this time last year, if you take the time to think about it.

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by · August 10, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Ex-Sen. Don Balfour’s new gig: now he’s a soccer referee

By Elliott Brack  |  When Don Balfour of Snellville left his state Senate seat after 24 years in office, his wife, Ginny, asked him: “How are you going to fill that third of your time?” By then he was the longest-serving Republican senator, and chaired the powerful Rules Committee. Ginny realized that he was dividing his time  between family, work and politics. Now he was out of politics.  He  told her: “I’m going to referee soccer.”

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by · August 6, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Protect yourself and others; Get a Covid vaccination

BRACK: Protect yourself and others; Get a Covid vaccination

By Elliott Brack |  With more cases of the Covid virus, now often the Delta version, being reported virtually every day, this could drastically affect us all.  The best case is that we will not catch this wave of the virus.  This is tremendously enhanced if we will be disciplined and wear masks when in the public.

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by · August 3, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Round of applause for Lawrenceville for its recent action

BRACK: Round of applause for Lawrenceville for its recent action

By Elliott Brack  |  Gwinnett Forum is pleased with actions in one of our Gwinnett cities. The Lawrenceville City Council has recently taken moves to upgrade properties within its borders by appropriating taxpayer funds to purchase properties on one of its gateways and to buy properties needing re-development for a less dense environment.

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BRACK: Norcross ranks 14th in nation in U.S. patents per 10,000 people

By Elliott Brack  |  Bet you didn’t know this: Norcross, Ga. ranks 14th in the nation in the number of U.S. patents issued, per 10,000 population!  That’s what we found out from TIME magazine. 

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BRACK: Beard is longest serving city official in Gwinnett: 46 years

By Elliott Brack  |  Buford’s Philip Beard feels that he has not one, but two distinctions: he has served consecutively as a city official for 46 years, longer than anyone in Gwinnett.  He’ll start his 47th year on September 1, 2021.  All this time he has been the chairman of the City Commission, and also chairman of the Buford City Schools Board.

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