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NEW for 10/2: Approve E-SPLOST; Supreme Court

NEW for 10/2: Approve E-SPLOST; Supreme Court

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Tell your friends and neighbors to vote for E-SPLOST approval
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Upcoming E-SPLOST-6 should be approved by Gwinnett voters
ANOTHER VIEW: Adding members to the Supreme Court would be a “re-balancing’
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Article on 100 year old Spanish Flu hauntingly similar to COVID
UPCOMING: Suwanee offers tax credit to help firms holding alcoholic licenses
NOTABLE: Georgia Water Coalition honors Walton EMC as “clean-water” hero
RECOMMENDED: The Concubine’s Secret by Kate Furnivall
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Largest telescope in Georgia is at Fernbank Science Center
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if you have problems identifying this Mystery Photo 
CALENDAR: Virtual book club offers free online book for discussion

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by · October 2, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Several topics today: But be sure to check out this new video

BRACK: Several topics today: But be sure to check out this new video

By Elliott Brack  |  Today let’s address several different topics. With Georgians electing two senators in the November 3 election, there is some confusion as to the manner to pick the seat Johnny Isakson once held. 

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by · September 22, 2020 · elections, Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 9/11: On hate crimes law, Senate campaign, illegally-dumped tires

NEW for 9/11: On hate crimes law, Senate campaign, illegally-dumped tires

Click here to read the latest edition. IN THIS EDITION:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Background on how Georgia’s hate crimes law got passed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wayne Johnson bases Senate campaign on student loan reform
ANOTHER VIEW: Support a proposal to rid our area of illegally dumped tires
SPOTLIGHT: Northside Hospital
FEEDBACK: Government not intended to be all things to all people
UPCOMING: UK firm to bring 100 new jobs to Gwinnett County
NOTABLE: PCOM student-doctors offer free flu shots at Lawrenceville ministry 
RECOMMENDED: The Book of Joy by The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (with Douglas Adams)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Author Mary Hood is two-time winner of the Townsend Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: One major clue about this Mystery Photo: no mountains!
LAGNIAPPE: Winn DAR chapter represented at Eutaw Springs ceremony

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by · September 11, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective, Full issues
NEW for 9/8: On choices, candidates and economic disaster

NEW for 9/8: On choices, candidates and economic disaster

Click here to read the latest edition. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Choices, choices, choices …violence or non-violence? 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Study this list of 21 Candidates for Senate to pick your preference
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump and the Republican Senate make economic disaster for USA
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett 
FEEDBACK: Help George Puicar become write-in candidate for school board
UPCOMING: Census nearing deadline; afterward census workers will knock on doors 
NOTABLE: Local artist adds colorful art to manhole covers on two Norcross trails
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Oglethorpe repels the Spanish on the south at battle of Bloody Marsh
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lovely area seems like good place to visit
CALENDAR: Remembrance Program about 9/11 is Friday in Peachtree Corners

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by · September 8, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Study this list of 21 Senate candidates to pick your preference

BRACK: Study this list of 21 Senate candidates to pick your preference

By Elliott Brack  |  There are 21 Georgians competing independently for the Senate seat vacated by former Senator Johnny Isakson to fill the two years left on his term. The seat is presently held by Kelly Loeffler, appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp. The 21 candidates will all run in a Special Election, which people are calling a “jungle election,” since anyone can run who qualified without being nominated by a party.  

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by · September 8, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 8/4: Balancing the budget; Election reactions; Exercising at home

NEW for 8/4: Balancing the budget; Election reactions; Exercising at home

Click here to read today’s full issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Needs a Balanced Budget; Here Are Ways To Increase Revenue
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Republicans’ Immediate Response to Postponing Election Was Gratifying
ANOTHER VIEW: There Are All Kinds of Ways For Exercising Right in Your Own Home
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: We Probably Won’t Downsize, for We Couldn’t See Fiona the Fawn
UPCOMING: Harvest Gwinnett Offering 4×8 Plots in Snellville and in Norcross
NOTABLE: PCOM Graduates 162 Students in 2020 in Online Ceremony July 29 
RECOMMENDED: The Vapors by David Hill
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon Native Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin Noted for Sociology Studies
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual Architectural Style Makes This Mysterious Photo Difficult
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Establishes Towne Center Entertainment District
CALENDAR: Odie Lindsey, Vanderbilt writer-in-residence, plans Gwinnett Zoom Talk

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by · August 4, 2020 · Uncategorized
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BRACK: Republicans’ immediate response on election was gratifying

By Elliott Brack  |  Note that today is exactly three months until the national election on November 3. It was gratifying to find several national Republican figures quickly speaking out once President Trump mentioned postponing the national elections.

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by · August 4, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Evidence suggests possibility of blue Georgia in November

BRACK: Evidence suggests possibility of blue Georgia in November

By Elliott Brack  |  While it appears that Gwinnett County could see many of its local offices land in the Democratic column come November, that’s most likely not true of the majority of the counties in Georgia. While the larger cities of the state may report in the Democratic column, much of the state, including the Legislature, will no doubt remain in control of the Republican Party.

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by · July 7, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 7/3: From crazy world to changed election, more

NEW for 7/3: From crazy world to changed election, more

Click here to read our latest issue.Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: From U.S. Grant, to the Dixie Chicks, the World Has Gone Crazy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A Perfect Storm from COVID-19 Resulted in a Changed Primary Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflections about Memorial Day and the George Floyd Incident
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: While Reading Ashley Herndon, the Tears Started To Flow
UPCOMING: Gwinnett CARES Act Program Has $20 Million Available 
NOTABLE: Arts Organizations in County Get $51,000 from Explore Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD Review:  Six Months That Changed the World by Professor Margaret MacMillan 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Drip Irrigation Technique Emits Precise Steady Drip for Crops
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Fourth of July, Here’s What May Be a Cream Puff Mystery
CALENDAR: Two Farmers Markets in Gwinnett To Be Open This Weekend

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by · July 3, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Perfect storm from COVID-19 resulted in changed primary 

BRACK: Perfect storm from COVID-19 resulted in changed primary 

By Elliott Brack  |  It was a perfect storm that changed a primary election. If our world had not been in the COVID-19 pandemic, the outcome of the Georgia Primary could have been different. 

Here’s why. Never before have so many Georgians voted by absentee ballot  Statewide, there were 1,149,469  absentee ballots cast, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.  (Poll officials were overwhelmed with counting this many absentee ballots.) Back in 2016, as a comparison, only 36,986 absentee ballots were cast in the primary. 

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by · July 3, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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