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NEW for 7/20: New superintendent; Long-serving official; Stuck
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett schools pick Dr. Calvin Watts as next superintendent
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Philip Beard is longest serving city official in Gwinnett: 46 years
ANOTHER VIEW: Duluth family find themselves stuck in an elevator at French rail station
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Georgia needs to improve on getting Covid vaccinations
UPCOMING: Four new members join board of Leadership Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Norcross Episcopal church seeking to sell part of its property
OBITUARIES: Joel Hudson
RECOMMENDED: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta Motor Speedway popular stop on circuit
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s something unique about today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: U.S. Navy commissions ship named the USNS John Lewis
CALENDAR: Stripers open home stand against Norfolk tonight
NEW for 6/22: Thanks, Alvin Wilbanks; Good times; GOP
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Thanks, Alvin Wilbanks, for a job well done as superintendent
EEB PERSPECTIVE: With Covid falling, times are good for local businesses
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking at Eisenhower Republicans compared to today’s GOP
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: This serious fisherman always wondered about cricket boxes
UPCOMING: Youth Police Academy accepting applications for July classes
NOTABLE: County marks first official Juneteenth observance
OBITUARIES: Hill Jordan, Jim Steele
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Father, by Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA swimming programs become powers in NCAA competition
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out another lighthouse as this issue’s Mystery Photo
NEW for 3/23: On battery plant, school superintendent, “begging season”
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Presidential action needed soon to save vast battery plant
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Can Gwinnett’s high quality school program continue?
ANOTHER VIEW: Why not call it the season for public begging on television?
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Two-edged sword: be careful what you wish for
UPCOMING: New GGC dean to lead School of Science and Technology
NOTABLE: County gets new parkland and buys new storage site
RECOMMENDED: A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tuskegee Airmen P-51s excelled as bomber escorts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Assistance: this Mystery Photo is not a wine cellar
NEW for 3/9: United Way Challenge; Next superintendent
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Help Gwinnett by joining the seven week United Way Challenge
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Is a “National Search” necessary for the next school superintendent?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Questions on the salary of the superintendent of the Gwinnett schools
UPCOMING: PCOM plans summer math and science academy June 14-25
NOTABLE: Commission OKs bonds for Gwinnett Place redevelopment
RECOMMENDED: The Atheist’s Bible by Georgia Minois
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Decatur native Lauren Gunderson is productive playwright
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lonely figure stands silhouetted in today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Snell to speak March 15
New for 1/22: On Hudgens Center, school board, Brexit
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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Hudgens Center looks to decade of arts leadership growth
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Minority School Board members seek termination of Wilbanks
ANOTHER VIEW: At last, England has a Brexit deal with the European Union
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Suggests ways to make our country mentally healthier
UPCOMING: Brenda Lopez Romero is new chair of Gwinnett Democrats
NOTABLE: Mountain Park area seeking input through survey of residents
RECOMMENDED: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Augusta twice occupied by British in Revolutionary War
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive architecture characterizes this Mystery Photo
BRACK: Minority school board members seek Wilbanks’ termination
By Elliott Brack | Like a hand grenade about ready to explode, the minority members of the Gwinnett Board of Education are seeking to compel veteran School Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks to resign. A widely circulated petition entitled “Termination of Employment,” comes anonymously from “We, the concerned stakeholders of Gwinnett County Public Schools” to terminate Mr. Wilbanks’ contract.
BRACK: Oppose proposed bill to allow elected local school superintendents
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | In a constitutional republic where new legislation is constantly being pushed by many elements, all citizens must be vigilant.
For every time you gain a victory, that doesn’t mean that the victory will last. You may have to go all-out to insure that the victory remains in place, since there are usually major opponents to almost every bit of legislation.
Gwinnett Forum | May 30, 2025
“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.”
— Musician, Singer and Songwriter Frank Zappa (1940-1993).
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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