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BRACK: Big surprise — Georgia already has partial ranked-choice voting!
By Elliott Brack | If Georgia used the same method of voting that Maine and Alaska do, Georgians would have already settled who would have been elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 from our state. There would have been no runoff election for the Senate. Georgians wouldn’t have the continuation of political advertising bombarding us.
NEW for 11/11: On Wendell Cofer; Biden, Dems were winners
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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Rev. Wendell Cofer helped organized two veterans’ groups
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Joe Biden and Democrats were surprise winners in the midterms
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Two Sunday walking tours will tell of area history
NOTABLE: Boy Scout Troop 26 leader wins “unsung hero” award
OBITUARIES: James Hardy (Jim) Nelems
RECOMMENDED: The Battle for the American Mind
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Edward Daugherty designed significant Atlanta landscape projects
MYSTERY PHOTO: This mystery may be difficult to locate
CALENDAR: Christ Church Episcopal men’s civic breakfast is Saturday morning
NEW for 9/20: On Trump, abortion, and Oxford comma
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TODAY’S FOCUS: On Trump and secret documents: is he the Manchurian Candidate?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Abortion will drive a change in the 2022 elections
ANOTHER VIEW: Some considerations about the Oxford comma
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Likes occasional obituaries of local residents in Forum
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners homeowners get 15% reduction on flood insurance
NOTABLE: GGC again ranks as number one in ethnic diversity in nation
OBITUARIES: Fred A. Banks
RECOMMENDED: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta College of Art becomes absorbed into SCAD
MYSTERY PHOTO: This group readying for a day on the water
LAGNIAPPE: Peach State FCU donates to Walker County schools
CALENDAR: School Superintendent Calvin Watts speaks on State of Schools Wednesday
BRACK: Abortion will drive a change in the 2022 elections
By Elliott Brack | Have you detected a major shift in the national political world? If it proves as big as we think it is, there will be some blockbuster surprises come this fall’s election results. It centers around abortion, and women of all races, in all sections of the country, and old and young, do not want career politicians dictating control of their bodies at either the state and national level.
NEW for 6/7: Our runoff endorsements, more
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EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are GwinnettForum’s endorsements in primary runoffs
SPOTLIGHT: Centurion Advisory Group
FEEDBACK: What’s happening to weeklies also happening to magazines
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC offers solar block energy to its members
NOTABLE: Commission adopts new smoke-free air ordinance
OBITUARIES:GEORGIA TIDBIT: Plant selection is important particularly in a Xeriscape
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out exactly where these ruins are located, and why
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Parks win honors for school readiness program
CALENDAR: Groundbreaking of new tower at Northside Hospital Gwinnett is Tuesday morning
Gwinnett Forum | April 26, 2024
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
– The 40th president of the United Sates, Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
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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