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NEW for 12/21: On STEM education and Dixon’s proposal
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC to research initiatives for diversity in STEM education
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A cheer for Senator Dixon for proposing higher chair’s salary
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Habitat, Lawrenceville to partner and build four houses
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Stripers have best attendance season since 2016
RECOMMENDED: Movie: I Heard the Bells
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lamar was fourth Georgian named to the Supreme Court
MYSTERY PHOTO: Be careful: don’t jump to conclusions about this photo
LAGNIAPPE: William Day DAR chapter places wreaths at Duluth cemetery
CALENDAR: Remember, Clean and Beautiful will shred your Yule tree for mulch
5/25: Land purchase; Primary election review; A look at local turnout
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County Buys Land at JCB and I-85 for Continued Film Production
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking at the Primary Results and Thoughts on the Governor’s Race
ANOTHER VIEW: First Time since 1984, More Democratic Votes in Gwinnett Than GOP
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Bank
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Up Here
UPCOMING: Two Way Traffic Conversion Will Begin in Early July in Lawrenceville
NOTABLE: Nearly 300 Graduate from Georgia Campus of PCOM
RECOMMENDED: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Birth of the City of Fitzgerald Has Its Roots in Indiana
MYSTERY PHOTO: Handsome Classic Building Awaits Your Figuring Out
CALENDAR: Fast Track 5K To Be Run in Duluth on May 26
Gwinnett Forum | May 17, 2024
“As long as you’re working, you stay young. When I’m in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
– American Actor and Comedian George Burns (1896-1996).
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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