By Jack Bernard | When I was a Georgia county commissioner, I was chair of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia’s tax committee. As chairman of a BOC, using cost/benefit analysis, I also got my board to lower annual local tax increases from 10 percent annually to 1 percent. When I got off the BOC, taxes went right back up.
Click here to read the full issue of GwinnettForum. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Arguments Against Medicare for All Can Be Explained Away
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Recent GOP Gwinnett House Delegation Move Is Quite Perplexing
ANOTHER VIEW: Our Current President Can Remind One of a Modern Day McCarthy
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Here’s His Own Method on How To Handle Those Robo Calls
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Kicks Off 24th Season of Performances on July 18
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Sports Medicine Program Recognized Eminent Surgeon
RECOMMENDED: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Stetson Kennedy Was the Author of I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan
MYSTERY PHOTO: This and Previous Mystery Photo May Be Classified as Difficul
LAGNIAPPE: Ah, the Colors of Spring in Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Class AAA Stripers Continue 2019 Baseball Season Opening Weekend
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnettian Amazed at Jaw-Dropping Scenes near Sedona, Arizona
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Each Gwinnett City Needs To Celebrate Its Own Uniqueness
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Day Will We Look Upon Trump as Another McCarthy?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Suggests to Readers It’s Time To Check Your Index for Happiness
UPCOMING: Lilburn Hosts “Remembering Our Fallen” Memorial until Sept. 14
NOTABLE: Tannery Row Artist Colony Seeking Entries for Juried Art Exhibit
RECOMMENDED: The Restless Wave by John McCain and Mark Salter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Josiah Tattnall Serves Navy with Distinction Around the World
MYSTERY PHOTO: Sculpture in this Modern Setting Needs Identifying
CALENDAR: Gateway Food and Music Festival will be September 15 at Lillian Webb Park
By Hoyt Tuggle | In modern times, political primaries seem to be a better indication of undercurrents in American political life than do general elections.
Goldwater’s success in the primaries and utter defeat in the general election in 1964 led to a temporary comeback for the GOP establishment with Nixon and his Southern strategy in 1968 and 1972.
“Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.”
— Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren (1891-1974).
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
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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