3/15: On transit vote; Boston’s subway; Ireland’s beauty

WITH ST. PATRICK’S DAY coming on Sunday, check out comment by Molly Titus about Ireland in today’s Another View. This is a photo she took of the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. And, especially if you are Irish, be sure to be among those this weekend wearing the green.

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 16^th Century

MYSTERY PHOTO: Haunting Stark Figure Is Mystery Photo for This Edition

CALENDAR: Take in an Evening of French Music on Saturday

More facts concerning Tuesday’s vote about transit system

By Marsha Bomar

DULUTH, Ga.  |  Facts on which you can focus before you VOTE!

A lot of work has been done over the past almost three years to get to the point of having a transit referendum in front of us.  Gwinnett County, along with their consultants and hundreds of stakeholders, studied various transit concepts and modes. Thousands of conversations were held all over the county during each phase of the planning process and a plan was developed.

Bomar

Regularly, input was sought – not just in the usual “come to a meeting” ways, but by talking with people at festivals, at shopping centers, in parks, in office buildings and many other places where residents, workers and visitors could be found.  After a year-long process the Connect Gwinnett Plan was born.

The highlights include matching the type of transit to the expected density of users.  Where population, jobs, and visitors are projected to be in abundance, rail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) are cost-effective ways to move a lot of people quickly.  In other places, BRT-light and local buses are more appropriate.  Areas with very low density can be served by micro-transit.  (If you don’t know these terms, they are defined and illustrated in the Plan.)

A conservative financial analysis was done to understand the cost of each element of the plan.  Estimating the costs and the potential revenue streams, the plan is matched to the dollars anticipated.  There may be some fine-tuning, but the fundamental plan is achievable with the projected funding.

One goal that has been expressed by locals in Gwinnett and many around the metro area is a strong desire to be connected regionally.  If I live in Gwinnett and want to go to Perimeter Center, South Fulton or the airport, it should be easy to use transit. Today it is not.  As the customer, I don’t care whose logo is on the vehicle, I just want a pleasant, safe, comfortable, on-time ride and I want to pay one fare to cover the trip start to finish.  The contract with MARTA accomplishes this goal of connectivity and ties in with the regional fare system that is being developed.

I’ve been in Gwinnett for 35 years. We in the county have our own way of doing things – we have very high standards.  We want to be in charge of our own destiny.  That is at the heart of the contract being voted upon.  The funds come to Gwinnett, our plan is THE plan for our transit future and if we want to buy up to a higher standard, we have that opportunity, too.

So, what is it going to cost my family?  We spend about $25,000 a year on items which are charged a sales tax.  Our contribution would be $250 a year.  Over time, that will help build a multi-billion dollar system.  Based on the dollars collected for the SPLOST, we can also expect 30-40 percent of the dollars collected to be from non-residents, allowing these people to help pay for our transit options.

As transit becomes readily available, I look forward to riding more often so I can read, or work on my computer, make phone calls or many other things that are not safely done while driving. I got the facts and then I voted. I hope you will, too.

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How the Boston subway helped me keep warm back in the 1970s

By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum

MARCH 15, 2019  |  Sometimes decisions made years before can benefit you. Here’s how one helped me stay warm on a freezing week in May.

The location was Boston, Mass. It was mid-May in the late 1970s. Before leaving Gwinnett, where it was already warm, I wondered about what type of clothing I should take, and besides a sport coat opted for a light jacket.

Our group of people in the newspaper business were to learn more about early-day computers, in particular, typesetting equipment. We had been through a morning class. That afternoon about 2:30 p.m., the electricity went off.

Our instructors told us: “This seldom happens here. The power should be restored soon.” Meanwhile, those of us from the South had been watching through the windows as snow had been falling since after lunch. The snow soon seemed to be getting heavier.

About 3:30 we were told to go back to our hotel. I was staying at the Copley Plaza. It took a while to get back. Switching on the television, we learned that we were experiencing a springtime Northeaster, that the weather was getting worse, and expected to be more so the next day. And, I was cold.

No classes the next day. But another Southerner and I, in our relatively light clothing, found that the subway was running. We took it from the Copley Street station and went directly from a station into Filene’s Basement. Yep, I bought a raincoat, with heavy lining. It was wonderful wearing it, for I was warm.

That raincoat, which I kept for years, came about because Boston had opened its subway system on Sept. 1, 1897.  From Billdamon.com, I learned that a blizzard in 1888 had dumped 40-50 inches of snow on the city. The city was paralyzed. The city realized that better transportation was needed. Street cars came first, but were termed inadequate. Starting in 1895, Boston began construction of its subway system, with the first segment open in two years. Those early lines benefitted me some 75 years later as I traveled to Filene’s for that coat.

As to the current Gwinnett transit question, think well into the future, to 25-50-75 years from now. Perhaps those living then in no-doubt-packed Gwinnett will think back to 2019, when its citizens recognized the needs of the future for an expanded transit system.

Bostonians in 1895 may have had doubts if they could afford an expansion of its transit system. Realize that Boston may not have grown to its prominence today if its people had not pushed for an expanded service.  The first part of the project to open in Boston was only 0.6 miles long, was a three minute ride in total, and was budgeted at $5 million. Many there probably didn’t think that Boston could afford it. But they did, and their lives were improved….even to today.

Voting for expanded transit in Gwinnett won’t help the next five or ten years as much as it will help the entire area years from now. Voting for expanding transit in Gwinnett will help your children and grandchildren as they are educated, work and mature in this county.

That’s the real issue before the people of Gwinnett: can they understand not only the short-term need, but what will be a more important problem over the years, as the county adds 500,000 more people by 2040?

Forty years ago, a subway in Boston allowed me to get warm when the streets were useless. Consider how useless roads in Gwinnett will be by 2040 without a positive vote on expanded transit on March 19.

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Ah, Ireland: So rich in foliage, beauty, people, wit and hope

By Molly Titus

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga.  |  Ireland is a landscape of rich green foliage and bold defying rock cliffs coupled with the ruddiness and warmth of an Irish face.

Titus

The finger of God had penciled so much beauty into this nation.

Her ruined castles, monasteries, and round towers are proud mementos to a land once ruled by her kings and chieftains. It has superstitious days of legends and sacred stones.

Ireland’s sense of hope is well-developed.  Her wit is inexhaustible.  Laughter tells of her buoyancy though pain that once held thousands of eyes open at night in hunger and despair.  The Famine years were 1846-1851.

Ireland produced widows, tattered children, Poor Houses, Penal Laws, straw beds, turf fires, oatmeal called Stirabout, priestly persecution, peat bogs, thatched cottages, landlords and tenants, storytelling, flax and the linen industry. There were soup shops and black bread, mass graves and no work available, leading to idleness and perceived laziness, religious intolerance, hate.

The Irish were scattered and peeled just like their potatoes.  Cromwell plundered, murdered and pauperized the indigenous remnants that were left.  The oppressor had the power; no conscience or compassion.

Ireland Famine Memorial

Millions left or were “transported” to America, Australia, the Caribbean or Canada in Famine ships.  They faced steerage conditions without privacy, little food for a month’s crossing, storms, the sound of plunging waves and creaking timbers, fires on board and long winter nights in airless holds of the ill-fitted ships.

Or they died and were thrown overboard, maybe with a prayer and a silent good-bye and were swallowed up by the sea and disappeared.  None of the voyages were easy as ships ferried back and forth across the Atlantic and beyond.

After they landed, the Irish spread across the United States, taking low paying and dangerous railroad construction jobs.  Others became carpenters, bartenders, dockers, waiters, seamstresses, fire and policemen despite the signs that read “No Irish Need Apply.” Later, one became a president.

But here we are, their descendants.  We live because of their blood and sacrifice.  We honor and thank them all on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17 each and every year!

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Now is the time to support Gwinnett with “yes” transit vote

Editor, the Forum:

When the first Gwinnett MARTA referendum was held (1971), Gwinnett was barely out of its infancy and joining the Metro Atlanta community in building, pretty much everything, from roads to schools to employers to suburban residential. Imposing MARTA on Gwinnett then would have been a mistake, and for that reason the electorate wisely voted “No!” In the intervening years, thanks primarily to tremendous leadership from county government, the school system and the business community/Chamber of Commerce, Gwinnett has grown up, and now needs transit, just as any mature urban community does.

Although I no longer live in Gwinnett (I wish I did), my business is located in the heart of Gwinnett and I still consider it my adopted home.

I would encourage anyone who is on the fence about this issue to forget about all the standard arguments, many of which are misguided, and ask themselves a simple question: Do we have the time and money to build enough new or expanded roads to accommodate the additional traffic which we KNOW is coming with the inevitable population growth which is projected over the next 10-15 years? If you think not, vote yes for MARTA for Gwinnett.

— Mike Dominy, Braselton

Editor, The Forum:

Today I received an email from the Gwinnett Tea Party urging me to vote against the Gwinnett transit referendum. Tonight my dinner was interrupted by a robocall from Gwinnett Republican Julianne Thompson urging me to vote against MARTA. Last week the leading Gwinnett crack pot received AJC front page coverage for opposing transit–even though he stands alone and spouts only goofy falsehoods.

Last week the Lilburn CID held a forum and a redneck city official talked on FOX News about transit bringing crime to Lilburn.  Out of 50 attendees, only the redneck and the crack pot were covered–the other 48 pro transit attendees were ignored!

Our county and country were built by people thinking about the future—their kids and grand-kids—not about themselves.  The “What’s in it for Me?” needs to stop and be replaced by what’s good for the future of our community.

Very few Gwinnett Republicans have stood up and said they supported transit.  They are quietly waiting in the shadows–hoping no one notices them until the next Republican primary and general election.  They would rather sit in traffic and whine.

As another 500,000 people move to Gwinnett in the next 30 years, only a more advanced transportation system will handle the load.  We should have started a long time ago, but let’s not wait any longer–for our kid’s sake. The transit plan is not perfect, but it is the best in 30 years. We can’t wait any longer to get on track!

— Emory Morsberger, Lilburn

Love all the benefits she sees in proposed transit plan

Editor, the Forum:

I read all the articles today on the benefits of the transit plan. Loved every line! I’ve been a little disappointed in some coverage, implying that the “old, white folks” voting early were all against it. Tom and I are certainly for it (and we are of that group LOL), and many others see the wisdom of the plan.

Thanks for the great job sharing truth (as always) with clarity and objectivity. I look forward to the progress this new plan will bring.

— Vera Forkner, Duluth

Editor, the Forum:

Clayton County joined MARTA not that long ago, and it has been helpful to many riders. I don’t commute on MARTA, since I live so close to work, but its lines were helpful to me when I had my Dodge serviced last fall, and when I go to and from the airport. I didn’t have to ask for anyone to give me a ride or pick me up.

— Kevin J. Fitzgerald, Forest Park

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Brightree to move company headquarters to Peachtree Corners

Plan for new headquarters

Last spring, Parkside Partners, an Atlanta-based developer, announced plans to convert one of Technology Park Atlanta’s early office complexes into office spaces.  Recently the developer announced its first tenant, Brightree, LLC of Lawrenceville will move into one of the newly designed buildings, possibly by early next year. Brightree is a firm specializing in the world of post-acute health care.

Brightree, LLC will relocate its headquarters to Peachtree Corners.  It is a cloud-based software company which is leasing 60,500 square feet of office space in the former Honeywell building at 125 Technology Parkway. Another 55,000 square-foot section will be razed and reconfigured for additional parking. Parkside Partners plan major renovations to the three-story structure that will be Brightree’s new headquarters. Constructed in the early 1970s, the structure will be converted into creative loft offices and include a unique outdoor amenity space.

Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason says: “We are striving to redevelop Technology Park Atlanta into a thriving center that will attract researchers, business experts, scientists, computer experts and others to develop a wide range of technologies ranging from computer systems to cloud computing, data analytics health care, energy, finance and much more.”

Parkside Partners has named its development the Bureau which consists of a two-phase, 100,000 square foot adaptive re-use of a former office and warehouse building. Brightree will occupy the first phase of the project. Parkside will demolish 60,000 square feet of existing structure and develop an additional 40,000 square feet of office space for other tenants.

The redesign of the former Honeywell International complex is in keeping with the city’s plans to re-imagine Technology Park Atlanta into an innovation hub. The plan incorporates multi-use trails, startup and accelerator incubators, nearby housing opportunities for millennial-age work force, pocket parks and other community gathering spaces. Many of these elements are already in place.

Wilbanks is latest Gwinnett official supporting transit vote

Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks is the latest official suggesting approval of the Gwinnett transit referendum. He says that an investment in better transportation is also an investment in the county’s children.

He says: “Among the many things that make Gwinnett County a desirable place to live, work, and operate a business is the quality of its public schools. Local revenue funds over 40 percent of the operations of Gwinnett County Public Schools, so having a robust economy is critical to ensuring we are able to attract the best teachers and provide the instructional programs our students need to be competitive. The county’s transportation infrastructure is a vital factor in supporting that robust economy, and it needs major relief.”

Johnson won’t run again for mayor; Still’s hat is in the ring

Politics in Lawrenceville took a new turn this week, as Mayor Judy Johnson announced that she would not seek re-election this fall as mayor. She has been the mayor of Lawrenceville for the past ten years. Her father, Rhodes Jordan, served several terms as the mayor of the county seat city.

Still

The next day, a city councilman, David Still, announced that he would be a candidate for mayor this fall. Prior to being elected unopposed to the City Council of Lawrenceville, Still was appointed to the Lawrenceville Downtown Development Authority  (LDDA) and elected as chair in 2015, where he served for four years.  Still continues to be a member of the LDDA and is the first Lawrenceville council member to sit on both the Council and LDDA.  Still has also served on the Lawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association (LTTA) in various positions from 2006 to 2010.

Still operates Capital Endeavors, Inc., which he started 24 years ago, which focuses on the merger and acquisition, adviser and business appraisal industry sector.

Deadline nears for residents to apply for homestead exemptions

Tax Commissioner Richard Steele reminds Gwinnett County homeowners that the deadline to apply for a homestead exemption is April 1. He says: “Everyone who owns and occupies a home in Gwinnett County is very likely eligible for some type of homestead exemption. It’s the best way to reduce property taxes, but homeowners must apply by April 1.”

Documentation and other eligibility requirements must be met, including owning and occupying the home as a primary residence as of Jan. 1 of the application year and applying by April 1. No exemptions are granted automatically; however, once an exemption is granted, there is no need to apply each year.

Lilburn’s Dunn completes training from GMA and Vinson Institute

Dunn, left, and Crist

Lilburn Council member Tim Dunn (left) has been presented with the Certificate of Excellence from the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute of the Georgia Municipal Association and the University of Georgia’s Vinson Institute of Government during Monday’s Lilburn City Council Meeting. Making the presentation is Lilburn Mayor Johnny Crist. To receive a Certificate of Excellence, a city official must complete a minimum of 120 units of credit, including at least 54 hours from a list of required courses.

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

This ends up a disturbing, short, 158-page book, about a new, small bookshop in an East Anglian coastal town, often dismal and damp. You wonder if the bookshop’s offerings are not themselves somewhat sodden, as are most houses. The author uses sparse language, allowing the reader to understand the subject while not over-talking it. There’s more description than dialogue, with the book moving easily along. A key decision in 1959 Britain is whether shops should sell Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. The setting is in a relatively small community where it appears that even your innermost thoughts are known to everyone. Villains, friends, and even poltergeist enter. Skullduggery arrives, as the undercurrent motivations by selfish residents pop up. The story can frustrate you while moving to a logical conclusion. The author has won numerous prizes for her prose. This book was short-listed for the Booker prize, but gave me the willies! —-eeb

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Indian community near Rome was inhabited in 16^th century

The King site is a mid-16th-century aboriginal town located on the Coosa River in western Floyd County in northwest Georgia. This archaeological site, which was excavated by researchers at Shorter University in Rome, covers a little more than five acres and is bounded by a defensive ditch and palisade.

A plaza occupied the center of the town and contained at least two public buildings: structure 17, measuring 15 meters square and filled with benches, probably functioned as a meeting house; structure 16, the smaller of the two, is of unknown function. South of these buildings, in the exact center of the town, is a large posthole that probably held a post measuring almost one meter in diameter and six to ten meters in height.

The habitation zone contained two types of domestic structures: square, semi-subterranean houses with peaked roofs and earth-embanked walls; and rectangular corn cribs elevated two meters or so above ground. The former were domestic residences utilized during the cooler months of the year. The latter were used for storage of foodstuffs and provided a shaded space for domestic activities during the summer months. Household members were buried beneath both types of structures and in the outdoor space surrounding them. Ten adult males were interred beneath the floor of the meeting house.

The King site was first occupied at some time during the first half of the 16th century with the construction of half a dozen or so domestic structures. Within a decade additional households appeared, and the town was formally laid out with its defensive perimeter, plaza, and habitation zone.

The town existed in this form for 20 to 30 years and then was abandoned. During its existence it was probably visited by members of the Hernando de Soto (1540) and Tristan de Luna (1560) expeditions. Iron tools and a sword were interred with a small number of burials. The iron tools were probably obtained in trade from the Spanish, while the sword may have been obtained by other means. Whether the town’s abandonment was a result of Spanish contact is not known.

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Haunting stark figure is mystery photo for this edition

Today’s Mystery Photo is a stark figure which seeks to tell a story. Figure out where it is located, and tell us about it. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

The last issue Mystery Photo stumped everyone, except one of the regulars, Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. He was dead-on immediately: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Four-Sided Pyramid designed by Sol LeWitt and is located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. Made up entirely of concrete blocks and mortar, the sculpture is approximately 15x33x32 feet and was built in 1999. Counting the blocks on one side of the base, and doing a little math, I conclude that there are a total of 819 blocks in the structure.

“From the early 1960s to the present, Sol LeWitt has been at the forefront of minimal and conceptual art. LeWitt’s ‘structures’ (a term he prefers to sculpture) are generally composed with modular, quasi-architectural forms. For many of his works, LeWitt creates a plan and a set of instructions to be executed by others. Four-Sided Pyramid was constructed on this site by a team of engineers and stonemasons in collaboration with the artist. The terraced pyramid, first employed by LeWitt in the 1960s, relates to the setback design that had long been characteristic of New York City skyscrapers. Its geometric structure also alludes to the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia. I would name this piece ‘Polyhedron Stairway to Nowhere.’”  The photo was sent in by George Graf of Palmyra, Va.

An evening of French music will conclude the current Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra on March 16 at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church. The event will begin with a concert talk at 6:15 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be conducted by JCSO Founder and Music Director J. Wayne Baughman and Dr. Nathan Frank, guest conductor. Soloists include JCSO Concertmaster Adelaide Federici, organist Jeremy Rush, and the Johns Creek Chorale, directed by Nathan Frank. Tickets for this public performance are $32 for adults; $27 for seniors; and $16 for students. Groups of 10 or more receive a 15 percent discount on tickets. For tickets, call (678) 748-5802 or visit www.johnscreeksymphony.org.

Drug Awareness in the community is the topic of a meeting on March 16 at the Lawrenceville branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. It will start at 2 p.m. The talk is in cooperation with the Gwinnett County Police Department. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.

Lilburchaun Parade: Dress in your most festive St. Patrick’s Day attire for the Lilburchaun Parade in Lilburn City Park on Saturday, March 16. A bagpipe player and stilt walker will lead a walking parade inside the park! This family friendly event will include live entertainment. Prizes will be awarded for the best Leprechaun look-alikes, also known as the first ever Lilburchauns! The event starts at 4 p.m. and the walking parade will begin at 4:15 p.m.

Lionheart Theatre in Norcross presents Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, through March 24. The theatre is open Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. This comedy is directed by Scott King. The cast includes Grant Carden, Aaron Sherry, Daniel Cutts, Jamie Goss, Jessie Kuipers, Gregory Nassif St. John, Briana Murray, Doug Isbecque, Colton Combs, Cat Rondeau and Veronica Berman.

Beaver Ruin Creek Greenway concept public meeting will be Thursday, March 21 at 4 p. m. at the Gateway 85 CID office, 170 Indian Trail-Lilburn Road, Suite 150, in Norcross. Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID) is undertaking a study to develop a concept for a greenway near Beaver Ruin Creek.  This proposed multi-use trail and greenspace will expand connectivity, improve accessibility, promote a healthy lifestyle and capitalize on available open space while complementing proposed mixed-use development in the district.

Alice in Wonderland will be performed by the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre at Central Gwinnett High School Theater on Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for children. Groups of 10 or more pay $10.  Buy tickets now at https://www.tututix.com/client/gwinnettballet/.

Credit Repair Seminar will be hosted by the Psi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority  on Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. until noon at Norcross High School, in partnership with Regions Bank. The event is free. Attendees are asked to bring gently-used eyeglasses for donation to the Lions club International. Learn why all individuals should know their credit score and debt-to-income-ratio, engage in good credit practices, take steps to repair not so perfect credit, and monitor their credit in the effort to protect themselves against identity theft.

Photo Exhibit of Australia and New Zealand by Roving Photographer Frank Sharp is now on display through April 30 at the Tucker Library, 5234 LaVista Road. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This library is closed on Sunday.

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