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11/15: On Brexit, Loganville and a Wetzel Pretzel
Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Brexit May Be Coming to a Head with December 12 Results
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It May Be That Loganville Has a Better Way To Elect Its Leaders
ANOTHER VIEW: Yule Sales Might Give You a Chance at Eating a Wetzel Pretzel
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: The Big Lie Makes All of Us Disbelievers and Distrusters
UPCOMING: GGC’s Enrollment Gain Again Tops Among the 26 USG Colleges
NOTABLE: Peach State FCU Pledges $50,000 for Tull YMCA Learning Center
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Midway
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hargrett Library at UGA Hosts Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
MYSTERY PHOTO: Examine this one closely
LAGNIAPPE: Learn More About a Key Spotter of Mystery Photos: Allan Peel
CALENDAR: Grayson Clean-Up Day Is Saturday
4/23: Town Center in Peachtree Corners; About key fobs
Click here to read the latest issue of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Town Center at Peachtree Corners Opening Will Be April 27
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Important Elements To Know About Those New Automotive Key Fobs
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Seeing the Cyclorama at the History Center Is Like Seeing New Painting
UPCOMING: Sports Medicine Fellowship To Begin at Gwinnett Medical Center
NOTABLE: Dr. Sandra Waldrop Is New President of Lilburn Business Association
RECOMMENDED: Question of Trust by Penny Vincenzi
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Oglethorpe’s Coastal Defense of Georgia Served Its Purpose
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colors in Today’s Mystery Photo May Help in Solving the Problem
CALENDAR: Snellville Days To Return on May 4-5
Gwinnett Forum | May 10, 2024
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
– French General and Politician Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
2024 PRIMARY CANDIDATES
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
- Click here to read about Gwinnett candidates endorsed by GwinnettForum.
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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