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5/11: Rail lease expires; Making sense of political candidates

5/11: Rail lease expires; Making sense of political candidates

Click here to read the latest issue. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: W&A Rail Lease Expires Soon; Is It Georgia’s Most Valuable Asset?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Way to Make Sense out of the Many Political Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Sound Mind
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Human Relations Commission Names First Hispanic Chairman
NOTABLE: Mitchell Road Mosaic Mural Completion Is First of Its Kind in County
RECOMMENDED: Sleeping Above Chaos by Ann Hite
GEORGIA TIDBIT: In 21st Century, Poverty Is Still Endemic In Many Parts of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Mansion Asks for You to Determine Where It’s Located
CALENDAR: Shoal Creek Water Plant Plans Open House and Festival

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by · May 11, 2018 · elections, Full issues
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BRACK: Here’s a way to make sense out of the many political candidates

MAY 11, 2018  |  Notice today’s date, May 11. That means there’re only 11 days left until the 2018 Georgia General Primary, coming on May 22.

What we’ve heard from lots of people is that there seems to be little interest in these races, and some mighty big offices are open to be filled. Remember the race last year to fill the Sixth District seat in Congress between the winner, Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff?  It got loads of publicity, constant television advertising, and oodles of money funneling from out of state.  Compared to that race, this election season is a sleeper.

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by · May 11, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Watch the 2018 Election, for It Could Signal the Direction in 2020

BRACK: Watch the 2018 Election, for It Could Signal the Direction in 2020

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher  |  The direction our nation will take over the next three years may very well be guided by what happens in the November, 2018 election.

Will our nation remain led by President Trump, who we presume will get the Repblican nomination in 2020 to fill a second term?  Or will some Democrat emerge from their ranks to upset the Trump applecart, and return our nation to a quieter regime?

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by · February 13, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Gerrymandering still rampant, with a long history in our country

BRACK: Gerrymandering still rampant, with a long history in our country

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Gerrymandering. It’s a menace to democracy, awkward, unnatural, outlandish, usually circuitous and often a patchwork, difficult to envision. Right now, however, it’s within the law, and its outcomes are hard to understand. I’m talking about some of the nation’s 435 Congressional districts.

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by · January 27, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
POLITICS: Meet this year’s candidates

POLITICS: Meet this year’s candidates

For the 2016 General Election, GwinnettForum asked all candidates facing opposition in Gwinnett County, and also asked all statewide candidates, to provide answers to six questions. You can read their answers below by clicking on the links. Candidates with no opposition are not listed. PROFILE KEY (DNR) indicates a candidate did not respond to our interview request. (NoQ) means the […]

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by · October 14, 2016 · elections
BRACK: Lots of voters just not happy with either political party candidates

BRACK: Lots of voters just not happy with either political party candidates

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Over and over in recent days, people are telling me: “I just don’t have a candidate for president. I don’t like either party’s nominees. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I might not vote.”

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by · August 5, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Some 60 local, statewide offices are open this political season

BRACK: Some 60 local, statewide offices are open this political season

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | So you’re thinking with the presidential voting Tuesday we are done with politics for a while? Well, it’s merely the opening of the season, as soon the local campaigns will be all around us.

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by · March 4, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Voting Yes on E-SPLOST means Gwinnettians get 40% discount

BRACK: Voting Yes on E-SPLOST means Gwinnettians get 40% discount

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | People love sales. We all, if we were allowed to choose, would rather buy something at 40 percent off the regular price, than at the regular price.
That’s essentially what the Gwinnett County School Board is offering Gwinnettians in the November 3 referendum on whether to approve the one-cent sales tax to fund school infrastructure, the educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST). If approved, Gwinnett County’s school sales tax level will continue without an increase through 2022.

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by · October 23, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
9/15: Ballet, 2015 politics, more

9/15: Ballet, 2015 politics, more

Click here to read the new edition.Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre To Give “Sensory Friendly” Performances
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Year Before An Election Often Far More Interesting Than Election Year
FEEDBACK: Hospital Merger, Identifying Politicians and Long Lost Contributor
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber Backs E-SPLOST Election Coming This November
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Council Meetings Now Available Online
RECOMMENDED READ: The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens by Thomas Hauser
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Settlers Were Relatively Young, with Children
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Can Happen When You Open the Door for People
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Windmill May Have Confused Many People
LAGNIAPPE: How Texans Add Things Up

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by · September 15, 2015 · Full issues
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