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NEW for 2/27: On Cal Warlick, the March 12 primaries, immigration
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering the artistic talent of Cal Warlick
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats: Vote March 12 against the biggest menace
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Place CID
ANOTHER VIEW: GOP leaders must usurp Trump, and solve immigration
FEEDBACK: Take action: you can block some of those robo calls
UPCOMING: Commission seeks to raise the chair’s salary
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC honors Gwinnett homebuilders
RECOMMENDED: Taqueris Del Mar, Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Egalitarian ideal not fully realized in colonial Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stone, stone, stone in today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Republicans schedule breakfast March 2
NEW for 11/15: On WWII, commission salaries, baseball
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TODAY’S FOCUS: WWII African campaign opens the way to Sicily and beyond
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett legislators: address the county commission’s salaries
ANOTHER VIEW: Pulling a fast one on your high school baseball coach
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Outside ownership of homes can hurt a community
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville to name Mullin as new police chief
NOTABLE: Bucking a trend, Georgia Gwinnett College fall enrollment is up
RECOMMENDED: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River is dividing line between Georgia and South Carolina
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual story goes with this Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Chef and Author Jonathon Scott Barrett will speak Nov. 17
NEW for 11/16: Claps and uproars on Dixon’s proposals, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Applauds Senator Dixon for seeking non-partisan school board
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two announcements last week drew immediate uproars
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Readers respond to proposal to change Gwinnett government structure
UPCOMING: Smart City connectivity conference coming in 2022 to Gwinnett
NOTABLE: County Commission has faith in the legislative process
RECOMMENDED: Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Max Cleland had long political and governmental career
MYSTERY PHOTO: Note people sitting on benches near this imposing Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: District commissioner plans open house on Thursday night
NEW for 11/12: Banks will merge; Bad idea on commission; Expectations
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Banking Co. and Peoples BankTrust will merge
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Ten-member county commission idea is bad for Gwinnett County
ANOTHER VIEW: What are your expectations about your children?
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Looks upon Aaron Rodgers as a great American hero
UPCOMING: PCOM to offer new master’s program in Medical Lab Science
NOTABLE: Suwanee seeking proposals for 7th annual SculpTour
RECOMMENDED: Buddha Life Zenful Life by Nicolae Tanase
GEORGIA TIDBIT: We’re still searching for cure to battle chestnut tree disease
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo asks: where are all these bricks located?
LAGNIAPPE:Frank Sharp offers glances inside Duluth Library
CALENDAR: Flag retirement ceremony planned in Norcross Saturday morning
Gwinnett Forum | June 13, 2025
“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”
– American author Elwyn Brooks (E.B.) White (1899-1985).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- 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.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
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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