MAY 25, 2018 | For 34 years, Gwinnett has been a largely Republican County. However, judging from the turnout in the 2018 primary, the county may be moving toward more Democrats in office.
Not only that, remember that in the 2014 presidential election, Gwinnett went for Hillary Clinton, as 166,153 votes went to Ms. Clinton and 146,989 voted for President Trump.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Area’s Growing As Request for New Electric Service on Upward Trend
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Comments From Readers Show Pressures on Our Democratic Republic
ANOTHER VIEW: World’s Not Ending For Losing Democrats; Math Shows Major Gains
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Success of Rainbow Village Came from Nancy Yancey’s Hard Work
UPCOMING: Re-Paving of Ronald Reagan Parkway Continues through August
NOTABLE: Lilburn Police Will Offer Junior Women’s Self Defense Class
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Silent Light: from Carlos Reygadas Barguin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Still Trying To Correct Camak’s Northern Boundary Error
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another good Definition of Summertime
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where This Stunning Statue Is Located
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Photo of the Oldest Church in Gwinnett County
CALENDAR: Lilburn Planning Annual Fireworks Exhibit
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Converging pressures are on our democratic republic like never before.
Once somewhat isolated by oceans that protected us, today’s cyber world knows no boundaries.
Today it’s not just other nations that threaten us. We have significant internal problems our country has not faced ever before.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three Proposals for Improving the Life in Gwinnett County
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats in Gwinnett Ran Much Stronger Than in Years Before
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Thoughts in Defending Hillary Clinton after the Election
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Two Distinct Reflections Concerning the 2016 Election
UPCOMING: Norcross Merchant Open House To Be This Saturday, November 12
NOTABLE: Suwanee Launches Open Data Budget Website for Transparency
RECOMMENDED: Anna Ruby Falls and the Richard Russell Scenic Highway
GEORGIA TIDBIT: FDR Opposes George’s Re-Election; George Backs FDR on WWII
TODAY’S QUOTE: Deep Thinking from the Mind of Yogi Berra
MYSTERY PHOTO: No Drought Going on Where This Mystery Photograph Was Made
CALENDAR: Author Mary Alice Monroe will appear November 19 in Peachtree Corners
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The United States is a great nation. It is resilient, and can survive Donald Trump. Be pleased and calmed knowing that.
The nation’s best period of government, it appears to us, is when Congress doesn’t necessarily rubber stamp everything the president sends forth. (The very best time we feel is when one House of Congress is of a different party than the president.) We suspect it won’t be long before the legislators find that they’ll need to limit the reach of the presidency. That would also have happened had another person been chosen to lead our country.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Health Center, The Bridge, Opens Sept. 13 on Jimmy Carter Blvd.
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lack of Good Candidates May Be Factor in Democrats Losing
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
UPCOMING: County Ad Valorem Tax Bill Mailed; Taxes Due by October 15
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Leads State in Growth with 17,300 New Residents Last Year
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski
GEORGIA TIDBIT: LaGrange Native Chips Moman Finds Success in Music Business
CALENDAR: Classes Offered in CPR Training
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thoughts from America’s Longest Serving First Lady
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Stately Structure Would Take Forever To Paint
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Getting national attention last week was the story of minorities in Gwinnett bringing suit against the county for alleged voting irregularities in drawing boundaries for county commission and school board seats.
Time the story was out, the Los Angeles Times Reporter Jenny Jarvie delved back into the story. She may have hit the nail on the head when she talked to Brian Whiteside. He is a black Gwinnett attorney who may have one of the best positions to speak to this subject.
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: Proposal For 39 Unused Acres To Upgrade Peachtree Corners
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Doesn’t Need Casino Gambling within Our Borders
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back at Presidential Campaigns in the Last 50 Years
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Comments about the Common Core and Local Goldfinches
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library To Launch Online High School This Spring
NOTABLE: ARC Releases New Region Plan, Its Long-Range Blueprint for Atlanta
RECOMMENDED: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh County Shouters Perform in Ancient African Tradition
TODAY’S QUOTE: Impressive Talents Worthless Without Motivation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Does This Stairway Lead, and in What City?
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TODAY’S FOCUS: School Testing Reduction Can Expand Students’ Minds
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Needs More Regulation on Drinking Establishments
ANOTHER VIEW: Democrats and Republicans Can Learn from One Another
FEEDBACK: More on When People Are Free; Suggests Group to Help Pet Adopters
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Invests in Business Incubator
NOTABLE: Watch Out for Scammers on New Chip Cards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Royal Georgia Was Unsettled Time for Most Residents
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Season Which Is Far Richer Than the Others
MYSTERY PHOTO: Three Recognized Location in Western France
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
– Former Prime Minister Sir William Churchill (1874-1965).
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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