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ELECTION 2022: Meet this year’s candidates
For the 2022 General Election, GwinnettForum asked all candidates facing opposition in Gwinnett County, plus all statewide candidates, to visit for 30 minutes so we could evaluate their candidacy. This qualified these candidates to answer six political questions in 100 words each. You can read their answers below by clicking on their name links below.
NEWS BRIEFS: Oct. 18 edition to present candidate answers, endorsements
You can be more informed about the 2022 General Election by reading next Tuesday’s (October 18) edition of GwinnettForum. In that issue, you can read unedited answers from candidates about their views on six questions GwinnettForum put to them. In addition, the October 18 edition will highlight the GwinnettForum endorsements of local candidates in many of the state and local political races.
BRACK: GwinnettForum’s endorsements for the May 24 primary
By Elliott Brack | Today the entire issue of GwinnettForum will reveal our selection of the statewide and Gwinnett candidates who we feel will be the best nominees in current races of each of the political parties on May 24. We do this after talking and getting to know 75 candidates individually, and evaluating their backgrounds and their platforms. If candidates have no opposition in the primary, we do not list an endorsement, since they automatically become the nominee of that party for that office.
NEW for 1/14: Lab partnership; Candidate interviews; Kindness
Click here to read the latest editon. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Israeli company joins 5G Open Innovation Lab in Peachtree Corners
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GwinnettForum issues call to all potential 2022 candidates
ANOTHER VIEW: Amid anxieties and illness, remember: people are kind
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Dissent now is often considered unpatriotic and unpopular
UPCOMING: Marker dedication commemorates lynching on Courthouse Square
NOTABLE: Patient thanks local neurosurgeon for saving her life
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John D. Gray manufactured weapons for Confederate Army
MYSTERY PHOTO: Pointed elements, plus classical design, in this edition’s mystery
CALENDAR: Gwinnett honors Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a weekend of service
NEW for 7/21: Runoff endorsements; A mother’s advice; Online teaching
Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are GwinnettForum Endorsements in the August 11 Runoff Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering a Mother’s Advice: Don’t Let Up; Keep the Ball Moving
ANOTHER VIEW: Online Teaching Is Frustrating, Since Difficult To Motivate via Screen
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Russell Landscape to Clean Up and Maintain Hudgens’ Sculpture Garden
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College Selects New Food Service Provider
RECOMMENDED: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John Lewis Devoted His Life to Non-Violence and Civil Rights
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Mystery Photo Looks Like an Advertisement for Tourism
LAGNIAPPE: Leadership Gwinnett Has Unique Graduation for Class of 2020
NEW for 6/5: Cosmic ray research; Missing baseballs; Endorsement list
Click here to read this edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Mercer Professor in Study of Cosmic Rays from South Pole Lab
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Missing Baseballs from Riots and Two Public Officials Taking Action
SECOND VIEW: Here’s GwinnettForum’s List of Endorsed Primary Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Enjoy Hearing from Four Readers Addressing Varied Subjects
UPCOMING: GGC President Issues Letter of Recent Events and Leadership
NOTABLE: Community Foundation of NE Georgia Exceeds Million Dollar Goal
RECOMMENDED: I’m Ready to Talk, Compiled by Robert Babcock
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Elijah Clarke One of the Few Revolutionary War Heroes of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Apparently Quiet and Peaceful Setting Is Today’s Mystery Photo
List of GwinnettForum’s endorsed primary candidates
By Elliott Brack | With the three primaries (Democratic, Republican and Non-Partisan) coming on Tuesday, June 9, today GwinnettForum will reiterate the endorsements we made recently of candidates.
This repeat may be less important than in previous years, since so many people have either personally early-voted, or voted by absentee ballots. However, for those voters who wait until the last part of the season to vote, we give these endorsements again.
BRACK: Forum urges nomination of these people in June primaries
MAY9, 2020 | Today we present the result of spending time and getting to know 91 candidates in the upcoming primary and non-partisan elections. We are proud to endorse this list of candidates.
We do not endorse in any races where we have not spoken personally to the candidate. We have not talked with unopposed primary candidates. If these candidates have opposition in the General Election, we will invite them to talk with us before November. In a few races, we do not find candidates worthy of election, and will not endorse in that race.
Gwinnett Forum | April 26, 2024
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
– The 40th president of the United Sates, Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
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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