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NEW for 4/18: Pro cycling event; Preacher’s rooms; Lilburn transformation
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Pro cycling event at Peachtree Corners April 26
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering “Preacher’s Room” in rural houses
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
ANOTHER VIEW: Lilburn seeks transformation to a more vibrant area
FEEDBACK: Perry hit nail on the head about weapons
UPCOMING: Firm donating $3 million in wound care products to Ukraine
NOTABLE: Carolyn Bourdeaux joins Gwinnett 85 CID team
RECOMMENDED: Dear Store: An Affectionate Portrait of Rich’s by Celestine Sibley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Music Star Trisha Yearwood is native of Monticello
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues photograph might need a simple guess
CALENDAR: How Georgia Turned Purple is topic Thursday at Duluth Library
NEWS BRIEFS: GGC prof studies impact of scientists in climate change
It’s been more than 50 years since the first Earth Day, and polling data shows an increasing understanding that humans play a significant role in the earth’s changing environment. An overwhelming majority of scientists – 97 percent – agree on anthropogenic global warming. Still, the remaining three percent play an impactful role in keeping the debate about the reality of climate change alive. Dr. Laura Young, associate professor of political science at Georgia Gwinnett College, wanted to know more about that disparity.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Place redevelopment plans to be unveiled April 20
The Gwinnett Place Mall Site Revitalization Team, which is comprised of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (GPCID), Gwinnett County, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the planning firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB), are planning multiple events to provide the community with opportunities to weigh in on Gwinnett Place Mall site redevelopment concepts.
NEW for 4/21: Virus timetable; Postage for ballots; Earth Day
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners’ Center for Opportunity Suggests COVID-19 Timetable
EEB PERSPECTIVE: ACLU Stance on Postage for Mailed-In Absentee Ballots Is Unreasonable
ANOTHER VIEW: Climate Lobby Holding Virtual Earth Day Event April 25
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Highlights Dates Dr. Anthony Fauci First Spoke about COVID-19
UPCOMING: Former Armstrong College Professor New Dean of GGC’s Liberal Arts
NOTABLE: PCOM Students Saw a Need, and Are Finding Ways to Help Community
RECOMMENDED: The Perfect Fraud by Ellen LaCorte
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Statue Atop Georgia State Capitol, Miss Freedom Remains a Mystery
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual Design May Be Clue to This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Political Forum for Commission Chairman Candidates is Wednesday Night
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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