By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Since October 15 is the deadline for you to pay your homeowner property tax, we’ll take time to look at the largest taxpayers in Gwinnett County, that is, from 2015.
Four of the top 10 taxpayers in Gwinnett are utilities, headed by Georgia Power Company, which contributes $4.2 million a year to the county tax roles. Altogether, the four utilities, Georgia Power, AT&T, Jackson EMC and Atlanta Gas Light, pay 42 percent of the $29.1 million that the top 10 taxpayers bring in to the county.
Most Gwinnett residents will recognize most of the top 10 taxpayers. They may not recognize Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation, which has a distribution center in Suwanee. Its home office is in Chesterbrook, Pa. It services independent pharmacies, doctors and hospitals.
Here’s the list of the top ten businesses paying property tax in Gwinnett:
ONE OF THE BUSINESSES mentioned above had a big day on Friday. Jackson EMC opened its new district office building on Georgia Highway 20 in Lawrenceville. The new office faces the main highway, while its former location faced on Swanson Drive. The two properties are not connected. Actually, part of the new office building adjoins the operational facilities for its line crews. It’s a handsome building.
Sharpton
Former Jackson EMC Chairman Otis Jones, at the ribbon cutting, announced that a new gathering place at the new building would be named the A.T. (Troy) Sharpton Conference Room. Mr. Sharpton had a 300 acre farm near Auburn, raising poultry and cattle for 35 years. For 26 years, he was a member of the Jackson EMC Board, and president of the board during much of Gwinnett intense growth.
The new building is a fine facility, and the conference room can be used for community gathering and meetings. The room can be somewhat isolated from the day-to-day activities of the facility. It even has its own entrance off the parking lot.
The new Jackson EMC office east of Georgia Highway 20 is an architecturally-handsome newcomer to the area.
THE CBS SUNDAY MORNING program has a new host, only its third host in its 37 years. The new host is Jane Pauley, a former TODAY program host.
Pauley
She takes the place of retiring Charles Osgood, who led the program for 22 years. He followed the hosting of Charles Kuralt, who began the show and became a namesake on the airways with his genial manner.
Ms. Pauley has been a substitute host in the past, and was announced as the new host only on September 25. What we like about the new announcement is that CBS is hiring Mrs. Pauley just as she about to have her 66th birthday on October 31. That follows somewhat in the tradition of hiring older people when they announced Mr. Osgood, known then primarily as a radio personality, who was 61, as the new host. The AARP must be smiling widely.
In her first appearance as host, Mrs. Pauley brought warmth and a feeling of family to the show. She also had a segment interviewing at the home and office of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, which came across as respectful and charming. The balance of the morning program was not unlike previous programs over the years, newsy, but distinctive and pleasant. It may serve as an indication that the Sunday Morning will continue in its cozy and award winning ways. It’s good to see little change in this program’s presentations.
Attagirl, Jane Pauley, and remembering Mr. Kuralt and Mr. Osgood, who remains on national radio!
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