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10/16: GwinnettForum’s 2018 endorsement issue

10/16: GwinnettForum’s 2018 endorsement issue

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | After nearly a full year of people campaigning for election in 2018, the end is near. On November 6, Georgians will vote in the General Election, picking the people to lead our nation in Congress, our state government and our local governments for the short-term future.

Despite all the rhetoric and commercials about the election, we can only hope that our voters will see through the smokescreens and innuendos, and decide for themselves which of the many candidates to support.

GwinnettForum again this year has interviewed state and local candidates—-88 so far—to learn about them so it can select the candidates most worthy of the Gwinnett voter’s choice. What follows is our endorsement of the candidates we think will best serve our area in the coming years.  It was a delight to see so many good candidates offer for office.

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10/12, full issue: Hudgens Prize; 2018 elections; Income inequality

10/12, full issue: Hudgens Prize; 2018 elections; Income inequality

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Some Georgia Artist To Win Fourth Annual $50,000 Hudgens Art Prize
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Slight Possibility Georgia’s Political Season Could Extend to December
ANOTHER VIEW: Overcoming Income Inequality and Other Workable Ideas
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Lilburnite Has Enjoyed  Several Major Purchases Through Craigslist
UPCOMING: Lopez Home, Hit by Fire in 2009, To Be Feature of Lilburn Home Tour
NOTABLE: Time Coming Close for Payment of Gwinnett Property Taxes
RECOMMENDED: Stone Mountain Highland Games
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Chicago Defender Is Big Influence on The Great Migration
MYSTERY PHOTO: It’s a Quiet, Peaceful Setting for This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: New Gwinnett Bicentennial Photo Exhibit at Collins Hill Library

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by · October 11, 2018 · Full issues
BRACK: Slight possibility Georgia’s political season could extend to December

BRACK: Slight possibility Georgia’s political season could extend to December

By Elliott Brack  | Competitive election races may stir interest in politics, but you can also bet that it can also turn off people — with the continued barrage of political advertising, some of it hard-hitting. They may end up voting while pinching their nose.

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by · October 11, 2018 · Uncategorized
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10/9 issue: Amendments, referendums; GOP’s Supreme Court; Storm will pass

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Comments on Amendments and Referendums Facing Voters
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Foiled for 65 Years, GOP Finally Getting Supreme Court They Want
ANOTHER VIEW: Hopefully, This Storm Will Wear Itself Out, As They All Do
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: The Democrats’ Mortal Sin Against Judge Kavanaugh
UPCOMING: Gateway 85 CID Commissions Freight Plan for the Area
NOTABLE: GEHC Presents “Roots of Wisdom” Exhibit through January 2
RECOMMENDED: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D Vance
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Robert S. Abbott Is Founder of The Chicago Defender
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo Is Third Lighthouse in a Row: Where Is It?
CALENDAR: Another Crowded Calendar of Upcoming Events

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by · October 9, 2018 · Full issues
7/31, full issue: Revel property; 3 election winners so far; more

7/31, full issue: Revel property; 3 election winners so far; more

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Revel Property at Infinite Energy Center To Offer 750,000 Square Feet
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Congratulations to the Only Three People Who So Far Have Been Elected
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Four Letters from Readers about Current Topics
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville’s Southlawn To Be $200 Million Mixed-Use Project
NOTABLE: Peach State Federal Credit Union Has Towns-Union Merger Partner
RECOMMENDED: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Man-Made Lakes Differ from Natural Lakes in Several Ways
MYSTERY PHOTO: Historic Spot Begs Your Identification of This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: With August Nearing, Activities Picking Up in Gwinnett

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by · July 31, 2018 · Full issues
BRACK: Congratulations to the only 3 people who so far have been elected

BRACK: Congratulations to the only 3 people who so far have been elected

By Elliott Brack |   Though Gwinnett residents may be tired of all the 2018 politicking, the November election is still before us.  It’s not over yet, since so far we have mostly nominated political candidates for the General Election more than three months away.

There’s been much hullabaloo in the recent primary and its runoff, but so far locally the only persons to be elected who had competition are three new Gwinnett Judges.

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Meet the 2018 runoff candidates

Meet the 2018 runoff candidates

For the 2018 runoff primaries, GwinnettForum asked all candidates facing opposition in Gwinnett County, and also asked all statewide candidates, to visit for 30 minutes, which qualified these visitors to answers six questions in 100 words each. You can read their answers below by clicking on the links below.  Candidates with no opposition are not listed. PROFILE KEY ☑ indicates a […]

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by · July 1, 2018 · elections
5/25: Land purchase; Primary election review; A look at local turnout

5/25: Land purchase; Primary election review; A look at local turnout

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County Buys Land at JCB and I-85 for Continued Film Production
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking at the Primary Results and Thoughts on the Governor’s Race 
ANOTHER VIEW: First Time since 1984, More Democratic Votes in Gwinnett Than GOP
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Bank
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Up Here
UPCOMING: Two Way Traffic Conversion Will Begin in Early July in Lawrenceville
NOTABLE: Nearly 300 Graduate from Georgia Campus of PCOM
RECOMMENDED: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Birth of the City of Fitzgerald Has Its Roots in Indiana
MYSTERY PHOTO: Handsome Classic Building Awaits Your Figuring Out
CALENDAR: Fast Track 5K To Be Run in Duluth on May 26

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by · May 25, 2018 · Full issues
5/18: Firm helps bakery; Our endorsements (again); Bagheri retires

5/18: Firm helps bakery; Our endorsements (again); Bagheri retires

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Firm Finds Ways To Assist Special Kneads and Treats Bakery
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are Our Endorsements (Again) for the Tuesday Primary
ANOTHER VIEW: Carolyn Bagheri Retiring After 30 Years with the Gwinnett Citizen
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven & Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Three Comments on Recent Thoughts about Korea
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Slipping?
UPCOMING: Pennsylvania Flooring Company Expands Footprint to Include Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Offers Free Adoptions This Month To Veterans, Others
RECOMMENDED: The Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Roadsides Change To See More Modern Structures
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues Jump Out at You in Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Progress at Hartsfield Jackson Airport as North Terminal Canopy Rises
CALENDAR: Two Memorial Day Ceremonies in the Offering

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by · May 18, 2018 · Full issues
BRACK: Here are our endorsements (again) for the Tuesday primary

BRACK: Here are our endorsements (again) for the Tuesday primary

Earlier this month, we presented our recommendations for the May 22 primary. With the election within the next week, we reprint these recommendations for our readers.

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