MAY 25, 2018 | It’s been quite intoxicating for me as several readers questioned why GwinnettForum did not give some facts and guidance on the races for governor in the primaries.
One person said: “You told us of your choices for every race around except the governor. And we don’t have on your site any information from the gubernatorial candidates. Why is that?”
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Firm Finds Ways To Assist Special Kneads and Treats Bakery
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are Our Endorsements (Again) for the Tuesday Primary
ANOTHER VIEW: Carolyn Bagheri Retiring After 30 Years with the Gwinnett Citizen
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven & Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Three Comments on Recent Thoughts about Korea
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Slipping?
UPCOMING: Pennsylvania Flooring Company Expands Footprint to Include Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Offers Free Adoptions This Month To Veterans, Others
RECOMMENDED: The Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Roadsides Change To See More Modern Structures
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues Jump Out at You in Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Progress at Hartsfield Jackson Airport as North Terminal Canopy Rises
CALENDAR: Two Memorial Day Ceremonies in the Offering
Click here to read the latest issue. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: W&A Rail Lease Expires Soon; Is It Georgia’s Most Valuable Asset?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Way to Make Sense out of the Many Political Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Sound Mind
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Human Relations Commission Names First Hispanic Chairman
NOTABLE: Mitchell Road Mosaic Mural Completion Is First of Its Kind in County
RECOMMENDED: Sleeping Above Chaos by Ann Hite
GEORGIA TIDBIT: In 21st Century, Poverty Is Still Endemic In Many Parts of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Mansion Asks for You to Determine Where It’s Located
CALENDAR: Shoal Creek Water Plant Plans Open House and Festival
MAY 11, 2018 | Notice today’s date, May 11. That means there’re only 11 days left until the 2018 Georgia General Primary, coming on May 22.
What we’ve heard from lots of people is that there seems to be little interest in these races, and some mighty big offices are open to be filled. Remember the race last year to fill the Sixth District seat in Congress between the winner, Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff? It got loads of publicity, constant television advertising, and oodles of money funneling from out of state. Compared to that race, this election season is a sleeper.
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Parker Jennings of GACS Completes Hat Trick with Third Shuler Award
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Reflective Look at this 2018 Georgia Elective Season
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Fact: Most Americans Support Immigration to This Country
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Appreciates Long Tenure of Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks
McLEMORE’S WORLD: The Whole Plate
UPCOMING: Many Opportunities for Advanced Voting in Gwinnett This Election
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Begins Work on Corridor to Georgia Gwinnett College
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Through Internet, Georgia Citizens Have Equal Access to Information
MYSTERY PHOTO: As They Say, Things Are Not Always What They Seem
CALENDAR: Attend a Workshop on How To Administer an Estate
Today let’s take a look at the Georgia political scene for 2018.
Some of you have asked why GwinnettForum did not question these gubernatorial candidates in recent weeks as we spoke with many candidates. We figure the voters know more about the governor’s race than any other race in Georgia right now. So, we sought input only from candidates from lieutenant governor on down.
APRIL 24, 2018 | Come next Tuesday, May 1, GwinnettForum will focus the entire issue on the 2018 primary election.
There will be two parts to that issue. First, will be GwinnettForum’s endorsements of candidates for state and local candidates in the primary. We will endorse in all races that are contested if we have talked to at least one of the candidates. So far we have talked this season to 66 candidates in this primary season.
By Elliott Brack | Years ago, while at the Gwinnett County printing plant of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when occasionally guiding groups on plant tours in the news print storage area, often people would ask ”How much newsprint do you use?”
We had the answer. In those days, we used a lot of newsprint, as they do today. But after a while, since people could not comprehend and interpret the fine points of usage, I would just say “Big number.”
MARCH 27, 2018 | As you get older, you learn to trust your instincts. You have no reason for thinking the way you are thinking, but you do. After all, it’s instinctive.
Back in 2015 and up until the 2016 election, we felt that Hillary Clinton would not become the 45th president. We didn’t know why we felt that way. All this was before the Trump Movement. We thought that Hillary might get the nomination, but felt that she would not be our next president. We even wrote about this.
“As long as you’re working, you stay young. When I’m in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
– American Actor and Comedian George Burns (1896-1996).
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
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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