Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wow! Talk about an isolated lighthouse!
Check out today’s Mystery Photo, a mighty stark lighthouse. Think of the consternation of forgetting to purchase a certain needed item for the shelf. The trip back to the mainland would be a long one! See if you can determine where this distinctive lighthouse might be located. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a five-four-and-a door for you to locate
Jim Cowart in Peachtree Corners pioneered this similar concept of housing in Gwinnett County with the all-brick “five, four and a door” concept in the 1980s. Yet this frontage style of house has been around for years in other parts of the country. Figure out where this house is located, and tell of its significance. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just what is the name of the tree in this photograph?
Today’s Mystery Photo is a tree of unique design. Figure out where this tree is located, and what it is called by those who know trees. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and list the city where you live. Lou Camerio of Lilburn recognized the recent Mystery Photo and remembers it well. “High Falls, just off I-75 south of Atlanta near Jackson …
Gwinnett Forum | May 3, 2024
“Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.”
— Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren (1891-1974).
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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