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10/11: From bush hogging to 2020 election to impeachment
Click here to read the latest issue of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: We Find a Lady Whose Enjoyable Hobby Is…..Bush hogging
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Will Election 2020 in Gwinnett Be 1984 Upset in Reverse?
ANOTHER VIEW: Government Questionnaire Seemed To Be Unruly Interruption
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: Time for Dems To Abandon Their Impeachment and Get a New Hobby
UPCOMING: 20th Annual Great Days of Service Are October 25-26; Sign Up Now
NOTABLE: GACS Student from Duluth Is National Merit Semifinalist for 2020
RECOMMENDED: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
GEORGIA TIDBIT: National Newspapers Credit Georgia with Saving the Union
MYSTERY PHOTO: Highway, Buildings, Hills Could Identify This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Shiloh High Team Hears More About Digital Badge Program
CALENDAR: Zombie Run 5K will be October 19 in Braselton
BRACK: Will election 2020 in Gwinnett be 1984 upset in reverse?
By Elliott Brack | Many of our readers may not remember what happened politically in Gwinnett in 1984. It was a major year for change in Gwinnett.
There’s reason many Gwinnettians may not remember it. That’s because in 1984 there were 226,100 people in Gwinnett. Today the population is 921,781, so another 701,681 people live here now. A majority were just not here in 1984.
BRACK: Isakson announcement turns Georgia political world topsy-turvy
By Elliott Brack | The political world in Georgia got thrown topsy-turvy for the coming year’s election, when Sen. Johnny Isakson announced that he would resign from the Senate at the end of the year. The senior senator has served with distinction for 14 years, and has been re-elected rather easily two times. He was not so much the Republican party man, as he was more moderate in his decisions, reflecting many Georgian’s views.
5/7, full issue: Word pomposity; 2020 sweep; Vaccinate your children
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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Pomposity of Some Author’s Word Usage Baffles the Mind
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Could Political History in Gwinnett Repeat in a Different Way in 2020?
ANOTHER VIEW: Measles Making a Comeback in USA: Get Shots for Children
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Paying Attention to the Color of a Patron’s Hair at a Restaurant
UPCOMING: Info Session To Be May 20 on New Turning Directions in Snellville
NOTABLE: Lilburn CID Elects Comonte and Freeman As New Board Members
RECOMMENDED: Movie: A Little Chaos
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgian Who Was First Lady Is Buried in Rome Cemetery
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wooden Covered Bridge Seeks Your Answer as to Location
LAGNIAPPE: Isakson, Perdue and Woodall Welcome Gwinnett Group to D.C.
CALENDAR: Jack Reacher in Song Coming to Red Clay Theatre
BRACK: Could political history in Gwinnett repeat in a different way in 2020?
By Elliott Brack | Is the Gwinnett political year shaping up similar to what happened in 1984? Could history repeat itself….in a slightly different way?
Those of you not living here then may not realize how pivotal 1984 was for political parties in Gwinnett. Up until that time, there were a few Republican office holders in Gwinnett. Louise Radloff was the first, having been elected as a Republican in 1973.
11/6: On U.K. and Brexit; Elections may not be over; Think tanks
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Still the Question in Jolly England: Deal or No Deal on Brexit
EEB PERSPECTIVE: We Hate To Predict, But Statewide Politics May Not Be Over on Tuesday
ANOTHER VIEW: Think Tanks Need to Produce Detailed Military Expenditure Proposals
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: View of Washington Reminds Him of Third Graders on the Playground
UPCOMING: Georgia World War I Commission Offers Centerville Program Nov. 8
NOTABLE: GACS Theater Group Wins Four Awards in One-Act Competition
RECOMMENDED: The Cast by Danielle Steele
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ellis Arnall of Newnan Rises Fast To Become Successful Governor
MYSTERY PHOTO: Watch Out Making Assumptions on This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Reindeer Games Coming to Braselton Next Weekend
11/2: Group tapped to pick GGC pres; Endorsements; Media
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Regents Name 17-Person Committee to Pick Next GGC President
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s Summary of GwinnettForum’s View on Tuesday’s Big Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Doesn’t Understand that Television Networks Operate Nationally
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Opioid Crisis: Are They Sociopaths?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library Invites Input on Its Future with Several Workshops
NOTABLE: Snellville Police Get Grant To Implement Traffic Calming
RECOMMENDED: Wallander, the streaming series by Henning Mankell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Spear and Arrow Tips (Arrowheads) Found Throughout Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Norcross Photograph Got No Identifiers from the Last Issue
CALENDAR: Learn How To Digitize Your Photos at a Workshop Coming Soon
Gwinnett Forum | May 7, 2024
“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.)
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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