NOV. 9, 2018 | Let’s take a look at the 2018 elections.
In many ways, in the still-to-be-called races, matters are going like they should.
While there still votes to be counted, those leading in races say what they should: they claim victory. Meanwhile, the candidates who are trailing maintain that the race isn’t quite over yet, so they’re not conceding.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Comments on Amendments and Referendums Facing Voters
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Foiled for 65 Years, GOP Finally Getting Supreme Court They Want
ANOTHER VIEW: Hopefully, This Storm Will Wear Itself Out, As They All Do
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: The Democrats’ Mortal Sin Against Judge Kavanaugh
UPCOMING: Gateway 85 CID Commissions Freight Plan for the Area
NOTABLE: GEHC Presents “Roots of Wisdom” Exhibit through January 2
RECOMMENDED: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D Vance
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Robert S. Abbott Is Founder of The Chicago Defender
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo Is Third Lighthouse in a Row: Where Is It?
CALENDAR: Another Crowded Calendar of Upcoming Events
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Snellville Tells Scope and Breadth of Pilot Microtransit Plan
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Something Stirring in Politics in 2018, Which May Be Major
ANOTHER VIEW: President Trump’s Two Economic Advisers Are Both Incompetent
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Gwinnett’s Diversity Isn’t Only Racial and Cultural: Also Ideological
UPCOMING: Chamber Votes Backing of This Falls’ $350 Million School Bond
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Grant of $64,532 Goes to Gwinnett County
RECOMMENDED: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mill Villages Were An Important Part of Georgia Textile Industry
MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of Clues that This Mystery Photo Not in New World
CALENDAR: Intersection at I-85 and Indian Trail Road To Be Named For Jesse Long Today
By Elliott Brack | When something is in disarray, any little speck of hope is important.
Certainly our current Congress, the 115th gathering, is in “disarray.” Each of the two parties has fringe elements that keep the mainline party leadership unable to convince the majority of their parties that real action is needed.
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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
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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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville Announces $26 Million Arts and Cultural Center
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Mouth Waters Quickly at Rodney Scott’s Barbecue in Charleston
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Another Take on Current Controversy in Washington
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Two Cite Illegal Immigration As What They and Others Are Against
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Genetics
UPCOMING: Norcross and Kudzu Team Up With Juried Art Show
NOTABLE: Peach State Makes $5,000 Commitment to Northeast Georgia Libraries
RECOMMENDED: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgians Have Always Had the Poor in Their Midst
MYSTERY PHOTO: Somewhat Fuzzy Photo Is This Edition’s Mystery Photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Peachtree Christian Health Breaking Ground for Remodeled Facility
CALENDAR: Performances By Two Area Symphonies Are on Tap
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dr. Billy Graham: Humanitarian or Unrepentant Capitalist (or Both)?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking Back to the Political Watershed Year of 1984 in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s All Behave Like Grown-ups and Teach Our Children Well
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Many Gun Owners Come into Them as Inheritance from Relatives
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Illegal Immigrants
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Unveils Countywide Trails Master Plan of 320 Total Miles
NOTABLE: Eight Students Graduate from First Career Online High School
RECOMMENDED: Alexander The Great by Phillip Freeman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Natasha Trethewey of Emory University Wins Pulitzer Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive Building is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross Bicentennial Program is March 11 at 3 p.m.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | If you moved to Gwinnett after 1984, you may not realize the significance of that year politically for the county. You would not be alone. The county’s population in 1984 was 226,100, while today it’s estimated to be 960,000. So a great majority of residents, 733,100, have moved here since 1984. You are in good company.
Back in 1984, the county was still composed of mainly white residents, more than 95 percent. Today that’s no longer the case, with the white population in 2018 in a minority, and with African-Americans, Hispanic and Asians being together a majority of the county.
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
— Attributed to American Poet and Essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882.)
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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