By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Lots took place in the last week, so it’s catching up time.
Again, the Buford City School system has been named the No. 1 Best School District in Georgia by Niche.com. Congratulation to Supt. Geye Hamby and his leadership team.
The system got either an A+ or A on all six areas: academics, teachers, clubs and activities, diversity, college prep plus health and safety.
Meanwhile, niche.com ranks the Gwinnett Public School System as No. 13 among the best districts in Georgia. Niche is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn. Learn more about Niche at https://about.niche.com.
You have some happy people at Meadowcreek High School this week, as the school won the top-ranked high school boys basketball championship in Georgia, defeating its Gwinnett rival, Norcross, by a score of 56-43. It marked the first championship in any sport for Meadowcreek, long a doormat in athletics.
The victory was especially fantastic for Meadowcreek since the Norcross team had defeated Meadowcreek twice in regular season, and once for the regional title. Meadowcreek and Norcross were tied 36-36 in the fourth quarter, when Meadowcreek went on a 13-1 spurt to reach an insurmountable lead.
Watch out! Political candidates are coming out all around us. As the time ended for potential candidates to register to run for office this year, few incumbents were without opponents. Altogether, there are 27 contested races for political office at the county and state level this year, and three of six local judgeships are contested.
There are so many, many candidates running. On the Gwinnett ballot, there will be 143 local and statewide candidates, and this isn’t counting those running for the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals.
Let’s list the local and statewide offices and number running:
- For governor, 11 candidates;
- All other statewide races: 26 persons for six offices;
- County Commission: six people for two seats;
- Board of Education: eight candidates for two seats;
- Solicitor: two candidates for that office;
- U.S. Congress: 18 candidates for three slots;
- Georgia Senate: 16 persons seeking 7 seats;
- Georgia House: 43 candidates for 18 offices.
- Local courts: 10 candidates for three seats, plus three judges running unopposed.
Several political candidates are breathing freely these days, drawing no opposition in either the primary or in the general election. These include the six current members of the Georgia House of Representatives: Darshun Kendrick (District 93);; Pedro Marin (District 96); David Clark (District 98); Dewey McClain (District 100); Timothy Barr (District 103); and Brett Harrell (District 106). Congratulations to each of you!
Three local judges have no opposition: Superior Court Judges George Hutchison and Timothy Hamil, and State Court Judge Pam South. Don’t you know they have smiles on their faces!
The year 2018 promises to be a mighty competitive year, politically. The Georgia primary is closer than you think, to be on May 22.
Patriotic birthday of Uncle Sam. He made his debut on this day in 1852 as a cartoon in the New York Lantern, drawn by Frank Henry Bellew. The name “Uncle Sam” had been used to refer to the United States since about 1810, but this was the first time that someone thought to make him into a character and draw him in human form.
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