10/18: On SPLOST projects and something good out of presidential campaign

GwinnettForum  |  Number 16.54  |  Oct. 18, 2016  
 

BENEFACTORS OF THE YEAR at Gwinnett Tech are Clyde and Sandra Strickland, center.  Others in the photo are President Glen Cannon; Mary Beth Byerly, vice president of institutional advancement; Angie Wood, Foundation board chair; and Dan King, Foundation board member. In his state of the college address, Dr. Cannon said that the college has come a long way in 32 years. “When the doors opened in 1984, there was just one building and a few hundred students. Today, there are two state-of-the-art campuses with a multitude of buildings that span more than 112 acres. The new Alpharetta-North Fulton Campus opened on Jan. 6, 2016, and this fall, 845 students have enrolled. Now, the College’s total enrollment, including credit, continuing education and adult education programs, tops 19,500 students. Enrollment numbers for Fall 2016 is expected to be the highest in College history.”

TODAY’S FOCUS: Committee Spells Out Project Categories for 2016 SPLOST Vote

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Finally, Something Good Comes Out of the Presidential Campaign

ANOTHER VIEW: Defends Trump By Saying Women Talk Dirty, Too

SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation

FEEDBACK: Understands Trump Appeal; But Clinton Is Far Better Qualified

UPCOMING: Gwinnett Commission OKs Agreement To Buy Former Olympic Site

NOTABLE: Fitch Ratings Affirms Gwinnett County’s AAA Credit Rating

NOT RECOMMENDED: Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Building Techwood Homes Was Model, and Led to Housing Act of 1936

TODAY’S QUOTE: Something That Most of Us Use Too Little These Days

MYSTERY PHOTO: You’ll Have To Be Really Good To Spot This Mystery

LAGNIAPPE: Electronic Recycling To Benefit Friends of Disabled Adults and Children

CALENDAR: Cooking School Coming Soon at Infinite Energy Center

Committee spells out project categories for 2016 SPLOST vote

By Alan Chapman, Director, Gwinnett County Department of Transportation  |  The Citizens Project Selection Committee  (CPSC) has recommended funding allocations for 10 categories of road improvements to be funded by the proposed 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

Developing these allocations was the initial task of the newly formed CPSC. If the SPLOST is approved by voters on November 8, the CPSC will reconvene to discuss project priorities to recommend to the Board of Commissioners. Projects will be selected from the list of potential projects developed in conjunction with update of the County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan.

The committee will also consider citizen requests for projects that have been compiled and are part of the list of potential projects. Additional public input during the CPSC’s work and study of congestion and safety concerns by the County will also be used by the committee to determine its final project priorities for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.

The 10 categories and their potential allocations are shown below. Because the penny sales tax collection is based on estimated proceeds, two levels of funding were recommended by the group. While it is uncertain if collections would reach the higher amount of $455,497,500, Gwinnett staff considers the minimum of $406,863,000 to be a sound minimum collection amount. An additional amount of approximately $30.8 million for joint County/City projects would also be budgeted.

Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash says: “We’ve followed this process with each SPLOST program beginning in 1997, and with the exception of the recession that affected 2009 SPLOST collections, we’ve consistently reached the minimum level identified by our financial staff.”

She adds: “I appreciate the time and the effort given by the CPSC members. If the 2017 SPLOST is approved, the committee will have a lot more work to do to.”

The CPSC is made up of representatives of 11 major interest groups – homeowners in each commission district, businesses, environmentalists, schools, civic organizations, freight, young professionals and seniors. Gwinnett residents answered the County’s call to create the CPSC. At an August meeting, more than 350 residents sorted themselves into groups and chose a representative and an alternate.

In addition to reviewing and prioritizing prospective project categories and projects for the proposed SPLOST program, CPSC members are also expected to share information with their respective interest groups and maintain an open line of communication between county government and the public.

• For information on the proposed 2017 SPLOST, visit www.gwinnettsplost.com
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Finally, something good comes out of the presidential campaign

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher  |  It’s taken a while, but finally we see something good coming out of this worrisome, obnoxious and uncouth presidential campaign of 2016. And it’s something we could never have predicted.

It came as a result of one of Donald Trump’s many volcanic eruptions. This time it wasn’t some crude remark from the present-day, but a recording of his views of women in 2005 as revealed in a conversation with Billy Bush.  You know the details.

That pronouncement caused a female author, Kelly Oxford, who writes on social media, to become outraged the day after the Trump revelation.  She tweeted the following:

“Women, tweet me your first assaults. They aren’t just stats. I’ll go first. Old man on city bus grabs my (genitals) and smiles at me. I’m 12.”

Ms. Oxford told reporters later that when she first posted this, that she did not expect more than a handful of replies. “It was such a personal question. I thought: ‘No one is going to share anything on Twitter.’ ”

Was she wrong! She had posted it at 7:48 p.m. on Friday, October 7. By Saturday morning, she was getting as many as 50 replies per minute.  These were not just casual postings, but many first-person accounts of molestations. By Monday afternoon, there had been 27 million postings or visits to her site about her initial tweet, with women often telling their stories for the first time.

By bringing her painful memory to the surface, Mr. Oxford provided a safe space for women all across the country to voice their experiences. She broke the ice on a painful confrontation, and was flooded with messages from women recounting their own nightmares.

Sadly, it shows just how outrageous and crude some men can be, and how many women feel personally shaken by what happened to them, who often kept their feelings under cover, and were ashamed of it, thinking they caused it.

Our nation has long recognized that violence against women by men (and occasionally by women against men) is a problem. Yet little of significance has been done to shake up the country about this, or to recognize how widespread the problem is all across the country and at all levels of society.

But now it is in the forefront, coming virtually out of nowhere to become a major topic of conversation…..all because of Donald Trump’s vast misunderstanding of the role of men and women.

Many women who have experienced these transgressions may not have realized just how widespread this problem has been until now. Perhaps they thought it was a just a one time matter for them, not recognizing how many women have experienced this themselves. So they kept quiet about it, perhaps never telling even their parents, but kept it bottled up inside them.

This recent uproar may have been something of a catharsis for these women, giving them a new understanding that it is not just them, but many women, who experienced this.

So no matter the results of the 2016 presidential contest, we will remember this election  cycle as a time when a remark by a presidential candidate had an unintended consequence. It may well shape society evermore in recognizing the problems from the crude behavior of many men that women face many more times than many would have thought.

For that, we can thank Donald Trump.

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Defends Trump by saying women talk dirty, too

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist |  It’s my firm belief that the Left created political correctness to censor the language of those who disagree with them. This is serious. We’re talking First Amendment here.

So Donald Trump spoke in colorful language within the context of what he thought was private conversation 11 years ago. Are we women so delicate and easily offended that we’d disqualify him for president over locker room talk?

If you’re female and have ever enjoyed a “girls’ night out,” keep your false modesty to yourself. You know what you say about men and how you say it.

Reference if you will the old HBO program, “Sex and the City.” Its very premise was that whenever women get together, they talk as trashy as men. The main character, Carrie, and her fellow Manhattanite feminists, describe men in vile language for everyone to hear.

And yet, the Left lauded and celebrated the show.  Sometimes I’d watch and wonder why some liberal women feel free to trash men but would never stomach a man who trashes them.

Language is crude these days, like it or not. I don’t like it, but I do believe in free speech. Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party use political correctness as a weapon against Republicans. Liberal media then drive home the Right’s “offense” because they think the public will believe anything if they hear it enough. That’s what is happening to Trump now.

I’ll never forget the time I had lunch with a group of women, and one friend said her boyfriend had cheated on her. We let her vent, but I’d heard enough when she stated,  “All men are dogs.”

“My husband is not a dog,” I said.

She knew my husband and agreed. “No, he’s not a dog.”

For those of you who love irony, get this — some men call “unattractive” women dogs.

Let’s be kind to animals and leave them out of it, even if we can’t be kind to one another.

One final question: Who died and made Hillary Clinton chief moralizer? In my opinion, she’s unfit for that office, too.

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Understands Trump appeal, but Clinton is far better qualified

Editor, the Forum:

I can understand the appeal of Donald Trump to those who have felt their government isn’t listening to them.  He brings a kind of contempt to the forefront of their frustration with Government.  But he lacks maturity and knowledge as to how government actually works.

Many people lack the understanding that the government is decided by you, the voter, when you elect officials who you think will act in your best interest. And remember, there are 49 other states that also want their needs met when Congress gets together.

Our laws should be general and benefit most everyone, not just for the few who feel entitled.

I feel we should have term limits on our Congressmen and women so the will of the people can be heard clearly every two years.  Our President has term limits. (It was special times when FDR served more than two consecutive terms because of the Depression and then World War II.)

Which brings me to why I support Hillary.  Sure, she has baggage from her past; who doesn’t? But she is the most qualified because of her background as a lawyer, her advocacy for those that can’t fend for themselves, her years as a first lady in Arkansas and the White House. She has been a senator of New York who was elected twice and then ran for the presidency against President Obama. Even though she lost, President Obama saw value in her to ask her to be his Secretary of State.

So with those qualifications, she has the temperament to be our next President because: 1. She understands our government; 2. She is tough as nails (I see her as the next Margaret Thatcher); 3. She understands the intricacy of the world and how to deal with foreign governments who have different values from us. I doubt I will change anyone’s mind, but I felt I needed to defend my view for voting for Hillary in this election.

Nothing will ever change unless we all vote and then hold our elected officials accountable to our needs as a country. This goes for all levels of our government.  If you don’t vote, you don’t get a say in the process.

— Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville

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Gwinnett Commission OKs agreement to buy former Olympic site

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners have approved an agreement to exchange land parcels with the Stone Mountain Memorial Association  (SMMA) Board of Directors. This sets the stage for future economic development in Gwinnett’s southern corridor.

A 24.26 acre parcel at 5525 Bermuda Road, which includes the former Olympic tennis site, would be transferred to Gwinnett County in exchange for a 34.95 acre land tract bordering the existing golf course at Stone Mountain Park. In a separate action, Gwinnett commissioners approved buying the 34.95 acre site at a cost of $1,159,885.

Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash says: “One of our board’s strategic initiatives is to promote economic development and redevelopment in key locations. This site is the southern gateway into Gwinnett County along U.S. Highway 78 from metro Atlanta and is a natural fit for redevelopment.”

SMMA Board Member Perry Tindol says: “As a Gwinnett taxpayer and SMMA board member, I believe this is a good transaction for both the county and the association. The county obtains a property for future development in a strategic area and the association is able to further protect the boundaries of the park.”

Evermore Community Improvement District Chairman Chris Garner says: “The Evermore Community Improvement District is very excited to have this large parcel available for redevelopment and reuse. Its unique location, proximity to Stone Mountain and unlimited potential will spark renewed interest in the southern part of Gwinnett County as a catalyst for significant future development.” The parcel of the former Olympic site is the land under consideration.

Fall slate of Friday activities begins Oct. 21 in Duluth

Fridays in Duluth for the fall opens on October 21. The evening will be filled with the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) to be enjoyed by all ages, and also includes DJ music, all occurring in Downtown Duluth. As with every Fridays-N-Duluth, the fun begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m.

This year Coleman and Duluth Middle Schools join the event to showcase their Project-Based Learning (PBL) projects. The projects are driven by science and mathematics with humanities and arts woven into each unit. These units of study are based on real-world applications, investigations and integration of content areas. They demonstrate a high level of student engagement. These projects will be showcased in the Duluth Festival Center. Some of the projects you can expect to see:

• Tiny home models that use renewable and non-renewable resources to conserve energy.
• Proposals on how local Government can create a more sustainable community by reducing human impact on the environment.
• Investigating evidence of a mock crime scene using laboratory skills in science and analysis in math.
• “Booty” boat challenge.
• Soft drink innovation.
• Sound wave analysis.

Also occurring during this evening of fun-filled activities will be the Fridays-N-Duluth favorite games of Life-Sized Checkers, Chess and Connect 4.  Downtown Duluth shops will remain open and food options for Friday dining will abound.

Norcross’ Discovery Garden Park will open Oct. 22

The opening of the Discovery Garden Park in Norcross will be on Saturday, October 22, on the grounds of the City of Norcross Welcome Center and Museum at 189 Lawrenceville Street.  The Garden will open at 1 p.m. with a ribbon cutting, followed by a talk by garden guru, Walter Reeves.  Food trucks and live music will add to the celebration.  Children’s activities include dancing with a flute playing fairy, storytelling, crafts, mapping out a nature trail  scouting for fairy and gnome houses and more.

The Garden will be dedicated to actively engaging people of all ages and abilities in their environment and community through programs, classes and events that develop creative and sustainable skills. For more information, contact Deb Harris at deb.ndgp@gmail.com

Fitch Ratings affirms Gwinnett County’s AAA credit rating

Gwinnett County officials learned last week that Fitch Ratings Inc. has affirmed the government’s AAA credit rating with a stable outlook. Fitch routinely reviews the credit worthiness of local governments, which resulted in the affirmation. The rating analyzed Gwinnett County’s debt of $12 million in general obligation bonds, $475.1 million in water and sewer bonds, and $81.4 million in development authority bonds. In 2016, Fitch Ratings modified their criteria to better express the characteristics that make tax-supported debt resilient through the economic cycle.

Gwinnett’s “strong revenue and expenditure flexibility, the maintenance of healthy reserves and low long-term liability burden” were key drivers for Fitch’s rating. “The County has continually demonstrated prudent fiscal management through conservative budgeting without the use of reserves,” the report said, noting “a solid history of financing capital projects on a pay-as-you-go basis.”

As part of its analysis, Fitch cited the County’s modest long-term liabilities and anticipates these liabilities to decline. Specifically, Fitch referenced the County’s rapid debt repayment, no plans for additional debt issuance, and the funding ratios of its pension and retiree benefits plans.

Gwinnett County has maintained the highest bond ratings from all three major rating agencies since 1997.

Eight artists’ work in special “Studio 8” exhibit at Kudzu

Kudzu Art Zone will present a special exhibit soon, the Studio 8 Exhibition.  It features the work of talented, well-known artists who have individual studios at Kudzu.

Visitors have been able to see their work and see them at work in the past; now there is a comprehensive show of their best paintings. They are Kathy Collins, Cathy Crock, Diana Dice, Lynda Ellis, Kathy Kitz, Anne Labaire, Betty Loud, and Wanda Walston.

The paintings are an exciting, eclectic assemblage of many media and techniques, including Collins’ soft, lovely landscapes, Labaire’s colorful, stylized works, Dice’s very whimsical pieces, portraits by Ellis, more handsome landscapes by Loud, the wonderful paintings by Crock expertly rendered in a variety of subjects, masterful watercolors by Kitz and wonderfully drawn and designed paintings by Walston.  The exhibit begins with an opening reception on Saturday, October 22 from 5 to 7 pm and continues through Saturday, November 12.

Kudzu Art Zone is located at 116 Carlyle Street in downtown Norcross. Hours at Kudzu are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more details call 770-840-9844 or check the website:  www.kudzuartzone.org.

Razor Girl

A novel by Carl Hiaasen

Reviewed by Elliott Brack  |  Carl Hiaasen is one of our favorite authors, who usually writes with distinction and clarity on the environmental problems of Florida. He’s always entertaining. But this recent book, set in Key West, falls way short of what he could do. Basically, its use of language offends. It is lewd, intolerant and in bad taste. His vast use of profanity takes away from the story, particularly so in that it is unnecessary. Granted, he’s sometimes talking about gangsters, but even they are not this lewd, we suspect.  This is one book that you should not waste your money on since you don’t want your children to read it, and it won’t impress people on your library shelf. Let us be the one who suffered the financial loss this time. Forget this Hiaasen offering.

An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (100 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next. –eeb

Building Techwood Homes was model and led to Housing Act of 1936

(Continued from previous edition)

Tenants moved into the modified Georgian buildings of Techwood Homes in August 1936. The project blueprints reflected housing reform concerns for health, safety, and reasonable comfort. Local architect Flip Burge (of Burge and Stevens) designed fireproof brick buildings on concrete slab foundations. Rent included heat, electricity, and water, and the units had the latest electric appliances, as well as closets in each room.

Two-story row houses and three-story garden apartments covered less than one quarter of the 22-acre grounds. On the remaining property, residents enjoyed lush landscaping, playgrounds, park benches, and open space, and they had easy access to an administration building, six stores, recreational facilities, and a health clinic. Techwood Homes became a source of pride for its new residents, as well as the model studied and observed by sociologists, housing experts, and architects.

While Techwood Homes did provide affordable, clean, modern living for 604 white families, its construction also meant the clearance of the Flats, which displaced 1,611 families. Twenty-eight percent of the Flats community had been African American, and because public housing was segregated by national policy, only white residents were permitted in Techwood Homes. Some African-Americans quickly found refuge in the all-black University Homes public housing project on the west side of Atlanta, but many African Americans from the Flats were never re-housed. Furthermore, income qualifiers for public housing meant that many former Flats inhabitants, white and black, were too poor for public housing.

Nonetheless, Techwood Homes set the standard for public housing, and its success led to congressional passage of the Housing Act of 1937, which permanently established a federally sponsored low-rent housing program.

(To be continued)

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Here’s a tough photograph this time for you to identify

If someone correctly identifies this edition’s Mystery Photo, they should get the Identifier of the Year awards. This is a difficult Mystery Photo, since it has little in the way of distinctive features about it. But take a stab at it; your guess might be right. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

It was expected that the most recent Mystery Photo would be recognized by many of you. The photo comes via Karen Garner of Dacula.

First in was George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who told us it was “The Old Mill, which is located on Berry College’s Mountain Campus at Trapp Hollow at the foot of Lavender Mountain, Ga. The Old Mill is the second largest waterwheel in the world with a diameter of 42 feet.  The Old Mill was used originally for the community of Hermitage, which was near the Shannon Village between Rome and Calhoun, Georgia. The iron hub at the center of the wheel belonged to the Republic Mining and Manufacturing Company and was moved to Berry by Henry Ford upon Miss Berry’s request.  The reservoir on Berry’s Mountain Campus supplies water to the Old Mill. A place for the water to naturally flow over the wheel to make it turn was unable to be found when the wheel was constructed, which was a problem. To resolve this issue, a pillar was built next to the wheel. The pillar would carry water to the top of the wheel, then dispense it.”

Then came Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville, who adds: “The Daughters of the American Revolution provide support for them through charitable contributions.”

Others included Rob Keith, Peachtree Corners  who points out: “Amazingly, the pressure of the water alone from the Berry Reservoir is enough to force it up the 42-foot vertical stone column to flow over the wheel and power the mill.”  Neal Davies of Decatur adds: “That’s the Old Mill Wheel on the campus of what is now Berry College. When I was a student there in 1957 and 1958, it was then known as Mount Berry School for Boys. There was a high school campus which was closed in 1984 or 1985…a huge mistake by the Board of Trustees in my humble opinion.”

David Earl Tyre of Jesup says: “The last time I saw the wheel was back in 1963 and it didn’t look to be in as good repair as this view does.” Others recognizing the photo include Kevin Queen, Lawrenceville Ga.; Ross Lenhart, Pawley’s Island, S.C.; Lisa Heerman, Suwanee; Libby Cromer, Lawrenceville; and Cheryl Simpson, Lilburn.

(NEW) Snow Time: It’s only mid-October, but fresh snow – up to 360 tons per day – is now falling at Georgia’s most visited attraction. Stone Mountain Park officially began the months-long process to create its winter destination, Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park, in preparation of opening its ninth snow season just prior to Thanksgiving.

Ribbon cutting and opening of Lilburn’s new City Hall and Library, Tuesday, October 18, at 4 p.m. at 340 Main Street. Come tour the new $11.3 million structure following the ceremony, funded by the city and county SPLOST.

(NEW) Cooking School: The 12^th annual Taste of Home Cooking School will be on Thursday, October 20, at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth. The program is from 7 to 9 p.m. and is presented by Gwinnett Daily Post. Taste of Home’s Culinary Specialist Michelle “Red” Roberts will be there to take you through two hours of unpredictable entertainment, learning kitchen techniques and secrets behind classic fall dishes.   A vendor show will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Over 50 door prizes will be awarded to attendees.

Ribbon Cutting of a new office at the Central Gwinnett High branch of the Peach State Credit Union, October 20 at 12:30 p.m.  The address of the branch is 564 West Crogan Street.

Co-Authors Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart will be at the Taste of Home Cooking Show on October 20 at 5 p.m. at the Infinite Energy Forum Ballroom, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, hosted by Gwinnett County Public Library.  Dupree is the author of 13 cookbooks, and has hosted more than 300 television shows.  Graubart has a column in Southern Living and is the author of Slow Cooking for Two. Tickets are $15 atinfiniteenergycenter.com and $20 at the door.  Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Old New York Bookshop.

Grand Opening of Discovery Garden Park in Norcross will be Saturday, October 22 at 1 p.m., with Mayor Bucky Johnson leading the ribbon cutting. Guest speaker will be Gardening Expert Walter Reeves. Food trucks and live music will add to the celebration.

Drug Take Back Event in Snellville on October 22. The Snellville Police Department hosts this event from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Police Headquarters, 2315 Wisteria Drive. Residents can pull up to a tent and have medical students and police dispose of the drugs. In recent years, nearly a ton of unwanted or expired prescription drugs were turned into the program to properly dispose of unwanted drugs.

Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Ayden will appear at the Norcross Cultural and Arts Community Center on Sunday, October 23, at 3 p.m. Presented by the Gwinnett County Public Library, the co-authors of the book March will give their first-hand account of the lifelong struggle for civil and human rights since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.

(NEW) Electronics Recycling, Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church of Atlanta, 4532 LaVista Road, Tucker. Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Tucker and Stone Mountain, proceeds will benefit the Friends of Disabled Adults and Children. Working and non-working electronics (with the exception of CRT monitors) will be accepted for recycling at no charge, however, participants are encouraged to make a donation to FODAC.  The clubs will also accept durable medical equipment (DME), such as wheelchairs, power chairs, walkers, crutches and bedside commodes, which FODAC will clean and recycle to help those with mobility impairments.

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