By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | Regardless of your political views, attending this convention to help select our nominee for the President of the United States is one of the many aspects that makes our nation unique in the selection of our leader. In most of the world, a change in government is made through some sort of coup, either military or assassination.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sealer Applied To Two Older Buildings at Elisha Winn House
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Continued Presentation of Gory Journalism Hurts the Media
ANOTHER VIEW: Time and Education Will Solve the Country’s Racial Problems
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Seeks Signatures on Petition; Agrees with Houston Column
UPCOMING: Good Samaritan Health Center To Move to Norcross June 25
NOTABLE: Here’s an Incomplete List of Unusual Community Names of Georgia
RECOMMENDED: Moneyball, by Michael Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River Has One of Largest Freshwater Flows in Southeast
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Happens If You Are Not Living on the Edge
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Clues in This Mystery May Make Identification Difficult
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Redefined Norcross Community Market To Open Saturday, June 4
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Letter Offering Water Service Line Insurance Gets To Me
ANOTHER VIEW: Get Off the President’s Back and Put the Blame Where It Belongs
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Thought on Changing Voting Dates and A Bridge Too Far
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Hosting Two Adjunct Hiring Fairs in June
NOTABLE: GGC School of Business Names Dr. Tyler Yu as Its New Dean
RECOMMENDED: An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emma Cheves Wilkins of Savannah Achieves Artistic Legacy
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something You May Not Have Realized About Comic Strips
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s All Sorts of Converging Bits of Architecture to Give You Clues
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth DAR, City of Dacula Remember Veterans
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
— Attributed to American Poet and Essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882.)
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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