Today’s Focus
FOCUS: Federal Drug Admin. falls short in fight against COVID
By Joe Briggs | The news of U.S. COVID-related deaths approaching 900,000 and overwhelmed hospitals after two years is alarming. More concerning is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is blocking our doctors from prescribing off-label use of known drugs for home use to prevent, treat, and reduce hospitalization rates.
FOCUS: Hudgens Center accepting entries for $50,000 Ga. art award
DULUTH, Ga. | Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is now accepting entries for the sixth cycle of its prestigious visual arts prize. With a cash award of $50,000 and a solo exhibition for one talented Georgia artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest monetary awards given to an individual artist in the nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts and artists of Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
FOCUS: Israeli company joins 5G Open Innovation Lab
By Louis Svehla | Curiosity Lab partner Brodmann17 has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5GOILab) after several months of successful tests of its state-of-the-art Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technology in Peachtree Corners. In June 2021 Israeli-based Brodmann17 added their technology to Curiosity Lab’s Level 3 autonomous test vehicle to further develop and prove its software-only perception technology for assisted driving in real world conditions.
FOCUS: Delegation seeks redistricting with fair process, fair maps
By State Rep. Sam Park | As the 2022 legislative sessions begins on Monday, January 1, one of the first major tasks we will work on is local redistricting. As members of the Gwinnett State House and Senate Delegations, our shared goal is to have a fair process to produce fair maps for the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.
FOCUS: Senator Isakson served with distinction as admired Republican official
By Elliott Brack | For 16 years in the Georgia Legislature, Johnny Isakson knew what it was to be a minority as a Republican elected official. For seven terms in the House, plus later another term in the Georgia Senate, he toiled endlessly for good government, winning even the admiration of those in the Democratic Party for his zeal, friendliness, reasonableness and hard work.
FOCUS: UGA team releases historical, cultural report on Rowen site
By Brian Brodrick | A team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design spent months earlier this year combing the nearly 2,000 acres in rural Gwinnett County that is the future site of Rowen, slated to become one of the nation’s premier innovation communities over the next few decades.
Gwinnett Forum | May 10, 2024
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
– French General and Politician Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
2024 PRIMARY CANDIDATES
Below are links to the ballots Gwinnett voters face in the May 21 voting.
NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE ANSWERS
To read answers to four questions posted by GwinnettForum to non-partisan candidates, click here. Answers in partisan races are forthcoming.
ENDORSED CANDIDATES
- Click here to read about Gwinnett candidates endorsed by GwinnettForum.
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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