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NEW for 4/14: On Gwinnett transit projects, candidates, pandemic
Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett To Submit 95 Transit Projects Readers Learn about Candidates
ANOTHER VIEW: Savor Life Now; This Pandemic Won’t Be Like This Forever
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Seeks Additional Information on Writer’s Conclusions
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s Public Library Continues To Serve During This Pandemic
NOTABLE: Community Foundation of NE Georgia Seeking $100K in COVID-19 Help
RECOMMENDED: Brothers Forever (Tom Sileo and Col. Tom Manion, USMC
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Malaria Was Threat to Georgia From Earliest Colonial Times
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Seems Set in a Peaceful, Serene Area
LAGNIAPPE: Creativity Rules on Charleston, S.C. Greenway
BRACK: Put transit on the 2020 general election ballot to see it passed
By Elliott Brack | So it’s back to the drawing board for transit in Gwinnett. The tyranny of the minority—nine percent of the 543,000 people registered to vote in Gwinnett, defeated the proposal to bring modern transit to the county. The vote was 49,936 to 41,985, a difference of 7,951. Only 16.7 percent of those registered actually voted in the referendum.
3/19: Genealogy sites; Importance of transit vote; Hate crimes
Click here to read the latest issue of GwinnettForum. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Watch Out for the Dangers of Those Many Genealogy Websites
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Transit Question Is Gwinnett’s Most Important Vote of Recent Years
ANOTHER VIEW: No Matter what Tucker Carlson Says, Hate Crimes Are Real
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Suggestion of a Utah Service That Might Help Gwinnett Traffic
UPCOMING: One Woman Erma Bombeck Show at Aurora from March 22 to April 14
NOTABLE: County To Get Four More Locations To Renew Auto Licenses
RECOMMENDED: These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grady Was President of First Professional Baseball League in the South
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Handsome Statue Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Panel Discussion on How Journalism Affects Democracy Coming Soon.
BRACK: Transit question is Gwinnett’s most important vote of recent years
By Elliott Brack | Yes, we know. We’ve virtually omitted several subjects on which we could have been writing lately in favor of comments of different kinds about the transit question. We’ve done this since we think the transit question is the most important vote that Gwinnett has taken in the last 30 years.
3/15: On transit vote; Boston’s subway; Ireland’s beauty
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: More Facts Concerning Tuesday’s Vote About Transit System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Boston Subway Helped Me Keep Warm Back in the 1970s
ANOTHER VIEW: Ah, Ireland: So Rich in Foliage, Beauty, People, Wit and Hope
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: Now Is the Time To Support Gwinnett with “Yes” Transit Vote
UPCOMING: Brightree To Move Its Company Headquarters to Peachtree Corners
NOTABLE: Judy Johnson Won’t Run Again for Mayor; Still’s Hat in the Ring
RECOMMENDED: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Indian Community near Rome Was Inhabited in 16th Century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Haunting Stark Figure Is Mystery Photo for This Edition
CALENDAR: Take in an Evening of French Music on Saturday
3/12: Correcting transit misinformation; More on big vote
Click here to read the latest issue of GwinnettForum. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Replacing Houston’s Misinfo Gives Every Reason to Vote for Transit
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Transit Approval Could Mean More Buses, Routes and Frequency Soon
ANOTHER VIEW: Transit Vote So Important She Put First Yard Sign on Her Property
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: More Response to Comments Previously Printed Opposing Transit Vote
UPCOMING: New Medical Center Afib Procedure Helps Patient Quality of Life
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Commission Goes on Record Opposing Two Legislative Bills
RECOMMENDED: The Republican Workers Party by F.H. Buckley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Columbus Painter Was First Black Woman Solo at Whitney Museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: Come up with Your Own Name for This Artistic Work
CALENDAR: See some great coming events
BRACK: Transit approval could mean more buses, routes and frequency soon
By Elliott Brack | If more transit options are approved in Gwinnett on March 19, what you will see soon in Gwinnett will be more buses, more routes and more frequency of bus service. All will be a major improvement in public transit in the county.
We talked with Karen Winger, head of the Transit Division of the Gwinnett Department of Transportation, to understand these expanded local bus routes.
3/8: Pro and con on MARTA vote; Gwinnett’s transit plan
Click here to read the latest full issue. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Urges You To Vote Yes March 19 to Take More Cars off the Roadways
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Proposed Gwinnett Transit Plan Has Five Major Components
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Voice Against Gwinnett Ever Joining Up with MARTA
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Daylight Saving Time Comes This Sunday; Not Until March 31 in Europe
UPCOMING: New Snellville Program Will Offer Meals To Seniors Three Days a Week
NOTABLE: District Attorney Danny Porter Urges Citizens to Vote “Yes” on Transit
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Nacho Daddy’s, Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Lumbering Once Cut More Than 1.6 Million Board Feet Daily
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure Out Where This Adonis Statue Is Located!
LAGNIAPPE: Flowering Trees Making Springtime Gorgeous throughout Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Lionheart Theatre presents Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile from March 8-24
3/5: Deal endorses transit vote; Housing; Green Book trip
Click here to read the latest edition. Inside
TODAY’S FOCUS: Former Georgia Governor Deal “I Endorses Gwinnett Transit Vote”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Legislating Housing Activity Gets Ire of Both Cities and Counties
ANOTHER VIEW: Recalling a Trip Across the USA in 1949, Using The Green Book
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Not Seeking to Change Minds, But To Understand Another’s Views
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers and Slow Pour Brewing Announce Partnership
NOTABLE: Junior Players Have New Venue at Life Time Athletic and Tennis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Only State Which Was Once Reduced Back to Colony Status
MYSTERY PHOTO: Consider a Different Angle When Trying to Recognize This Mystery
CALENDAR: St. Patrick’s Parade in Lilburn Seeks Lilburchauns
Gwinnett Forum | May 10, 2024
“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.”
– Attributed to American Comedian Ellen DeGeneres (1958 – ).
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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