SHULER WINNER: Greater Atlanta Christian School picked up eight Shuler Award nominations for its recent Les Misérables performance. This is a record number of nominations for the school with a rich tradition of excellence in theatre production. Shuler Awards are named in honor of actor/singer and Georgia native, Shuler Hensley, winner of the prestigious Tony Award. Fashioned after Broadway’s Tony Awards, these Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards celebrate excellence in high school musical theater. The Shuler program embodies a spirit of camaraderie and celebration for the arts in high schools across Georgia. GAC students will perform “One Day More” from Les Misérables at the Shuler Awards show on April 18 at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Center.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Arguments Against Medicare for All Can Be Explained Away
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Recent GOP Gwinnett House Delegation Move Is Quite Perplexing
ANOTHER VIEW: Our Current President Can Remind One of a Modern Day McCarthy
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Here’s His Own Method on How To Handle Those Robo Calls
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Kicks Off 24th Season of Performances on July 18
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Sports Medicine Program Recognized Eminent Surgeon
RECOMMENDED: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Stetson Kennedy Was the Author of I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan
MYSTERY PHOTO: This and Previous Mystery Photo May Be Classified as Difficult
LAGNIAPPE: Ah, the Colors of Spring in Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Class AAA Stripers Continue 2019 Baseball Season Opening Weekend
Arguments against Medicare for All can be explained away
By Hoyt Tuggle
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | I, too, share Jack Bernard’s disappointment in Sherrod Brown’s position as to Medicare for All (MfA). Having followed Brown for years, I know him to be sincere in his desire to help working people. I can only surmise that he truly believes that the politics of division will not allow for Medicare for all in its fullest sense.
Tuggle
That is a shame. I have not heard an argument against MfA that could not rationally be explained away. The major argument usually boils down to that it will be too costly. This argument seems to be based on the assumption that MfA’s premiums would be what today’s Medicare premiums are and that they would continue to be that. While the overwhelming majority of today’s Medicare recipients pay a very low premium, not all do. Medicare’s current premium schedule is based on income and, very importantly, not net worth.
To counter the “too costly” argument let’s look at the following facts:
- We know, approximately, the total annual cost of health care.
- We know, approximately, the total annual premiums paid for health care.
- We know that total annual premiums far exceed annual costs. If it didn’t there would not be any insurance company profits nor any multi-million dollar salaries for insurance executives.
By the way, there are no multi-million dollar salaries at Medicare. The Head of Medicare’s salary is $165,300. The five, and only five, highest paid make over $200,000 and less than $300,000 per year.
With these three facts it is reasonable that if total premiums were applied to Medicare, the excess of premiums could be used for several purposes. These could include providing coverage universally, reducing premiums overall, (Trump on the campaign trail was right about this) and increasing the payout to health care providers.
Realize also that insurance companies pay service providers based on what Medicare pays for a visit or procedure. It may be 110 percent or 115 percent or any other factor. Many insurance companies also require the provider to get preapproval for many procedures and for specialists. I have had providers tell me that Medicare paid in 30 days while the insurance companies would take up to six months.
Are there any disadvantages to Medicare for All under this scenario?
Of course. One would be the tremendous loss of redundant jobs at insurance companies. And this is no small thing. But if we were to be resistant to innovation because of job loss, then we would still have firemen on trains, people pumping gas at service stations and elevator operators. Did you know that Congress still employed elevator operators when I was last there. Isn’t that an uplifting idea?
Lastly, I suppose there could still be a market for additional private health insurance for people who might want coverage over and above what “regular” folks require. I am sure that those needs exist.
In my soon to be 12 years on Medicare, I have never failed to get the treatment I needed, or to be able to see the doctor I wished to see in a situation appropriate time frame.
That’s part of why I can see the possibility of Medicare for all.
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Recent GOP Gwinnett House delegation move is quite perplexing
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 5, 2019 | It was one of the most perplexing turns of the recent Georgia General Assembly.
Out of nowhere, the six member Gwinnett House Republican delegation, near the end of the session, issued a press release saying that they were amending legislation to limit Gwinnett County from voting on another transit plan before 2026…..eight years away.
Note that this only came from members of the Republican House delegation. The Republicans in the Senate had no comment on it. The majority Democratic delegation (12 members) in the House was not consulted before the bombshell was dropped as an amendment to another bill before the House.
But why did the minority Republicans propose this?
And why did the delegation want to delay any such vote until 2026? The way Gwinnett is growing, the county could have another 125,000-150,000 people by then. Getting around in Gwinnett will be more of a problem then than now if something is not done to make maneuvering better.
Happily, statewide Republicans eliminated this nefarious proposal out of the bill, probably shaking their heads and wondering, “What is it with the Republican House members from Gwinnett? What’s in their craw?”
Efstration
The ranking Republican, Rep. Chuck Efstration, was the spokesman for the delegation. He might have wondered later if he should have brought it up, from the rancor it caused.
The other five members of the Republican delegation can take no pride in being part of this shenanigan. That would include Brett Harrell of Snellville, Timothy Barr of Dacula, Tom Kirby of Loganville; David Clark of Buford and Bonnie Rich of Duluth. We’re particularly disappointed that the delegation sucked in a new legislator, Bonnie Rich, into this end run.
Another questionable element in this puzzle: usually the county commissioners, as the people elected to govern the entire county and to guide it, make requests to the legislators to propose legislation that the commissioners feel they need enacted. Why is it that all of a sudden, the legislators are moving to limit what the county and its leaders can do? Seems this put the shoe on the wrong foot.
Quoting Efstration: “It would simply provide for a cooling off period so the will of the voters is respected. It’s important that we respect the message that was sent by voters on March 19. And calling a series of votes until a desired outcome is reached is not respecting the message that the voters sent.”
An eight year cooling off period seems excessive.
For Rep. Efstration to say that the March election results are not respecting the voters, when only 16.7 percent of those registered actually voted, is something else entirely.
We see that results with such a low turnout as the “Tyranny of the minority.”
As we said earlier, all this is quite perplexing in trying to reason matters out.
We urge the county commissioners to disregard the House maneuver, and prepare the electorate to vote on transit solutions in the November 2020 elections, and move Gwinnett forward.
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Our current president can remind one of a modern-day McCarthy
By Jack Bernard
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | As a Republican former elected official. I support a number of President Trump’s general views, but I cannot support him, a totalitarian bully.
Carl Bernstein of Washington Post/Watergate fame has suggested more time be devoted to analyzing the move towards dictatorship by our president, comparing President Trump to infamous Senator Joe McCarthy.
McCarthy was prominent during the Cold War, when the USA was swept by anti-communist hysteria. McCarthy played on these feelings, appealing to the frightened GOP base. Sound familiar?
McCarthy disproportionately persecuted Jews and homosexuals, convenient scapegoats (similar to Muslims and Hispanics today). McCarthy’s right hand was the despicable but brilliant Roy Cohn, a closeted gay recommended by J. Edgar Hoover. McCarthy attacked the State Department for being “infested by Communists,” and falsely claimed he had identified 200 traitors. McCarthy accused Democrats of “20 years of treason.” Sound familiar?
Finally, McCarthy questioned the patriotism of the US Army in televised hearings. McCarthy came off as an aggressive, demeaning bully who slandered people without any regard to the truth. Sound familiar?
Eisenhower disapproved of McCarthy. After public sentiment grew negative, the Senate finally voted to censure McCarthy.
McCarthy proved amazingly little but used smear tactics to ruin the reputation and lives of hundreds of innocent people. For four years, he was supported by GOP leadership, afraid to anger their base. Sound familiar?
Roy Cohn, disbarred before his 1986 death of AIDS, was young Trump’s mentor. From Cohn, Trump learned how to legally employ his unethical, never retreat, take no prisoners, attack strategy. We now have a president using many of the same tactics, even asking “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” when he gets into problems. Maybe that is why it is relatively easy to see the parallels between Trump and McCarthy.
Using the Cohn playbook, Trump is fighting back, hitting below the belt and misleading his base. Trump has designated his primary foe as the intelligence community. The CIA and FBI have committed the unpardonable sin of honestly investigating how the Russians influenced our 2016 presidential election. And, after his State of the Union address, he accused Democrats of being “un-American” and treasonous” for failing to enthusiastically applaud him. Sound familiar?
Many Americans expected President Trump to refuse to testify before Mueller and to instead pardon underlings, clearly obstructing justice. The real question is, without a McCain or Ike to lead them, what will the GOP do about our modern-day McCarthy?
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Here’s his own method on how to handle those robocalls
Editor, the Forum:
Raleigh Perry’s info about robocalls reminds me of the infamous Seinfeld episode where Jerry asks the telemarketer for his number. It’s a classic moment in TV history.
Yes, we can “block” the calls or simply not answer the calls, but I have more fun by answering and then immediately putting it on speaker and on mute. The computer-generated ones, designed to only have a live person speak if you were to speak first, drop the call after a few seconds, and the actual live person ones (I presume) get aggravated by continually shouting out, “Hello! Hello!,” yielding no response.
My experience is that this method results in me being dropped from their call lists much more quickly. Quirky? Yes. Inappropriate? Debatable. Effective? Very.
— Gregg Stopher, Peachtree Corners
Notes 19 years of “high quality service” from reading GwinnettForum
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Elliott, a simple note to congratulate you and GwinnettForum for 19 years of high-quality service to the Gwinnett County community. Your reporting on topics of import to our region are informative, timely, and help educate us all on the significant issues of the day. A must-read for anyone with an interest in Gwinnett County.
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Aurora Theatre kicks off 24th season of performances on July 18
The Aurora Theatre, Georgia’s fastest-growing professional theater, announces another stellar season for Atlanta-area audiences. Its 2019-2020 Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series will bring Broadway-caliber plays, toe-tapping musicals and holiday magic to the mainstage in the heart of downtown Lawrenceville. The Season 24 lineup features Children of Eden, a large-scale musical from the creator of Wicked, Godspell and Pippin, poignant comedy The Roommate, return-hits Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End and Christmas Canteen 2019, a co-production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and a yet-to-be-announced blockbuster musical.
The 2019-2020 Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series lineup includes:
| Children of Eden | July 18 – August 25, 2019 |
| The Roommate | September 19 – October 20, 2019 |
| Christmas Canteen 2019 | November 14 – December 23, 2019 |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | January 9 – February 9, 2020 |
| Blockbuster Musical | March 5 – April 12, 2020 |
| Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End | May 7 – June 7, 2020 |
Ticket prices for the 2019-2020 Signature Series vary by performance. Season subscribers enjoy rewards such as preferred seating, exchange privileges and guest passes. Loyal patrons can become an Aurora Theatre premium Star Pass member by adding a tax-deductible contribution of $70 or more to each season ticket for even more added benefits at auroratheatre.com/subscriptions. Single-show tickets go on sale to the public starting June 3, 2019. For more information please visit auroratheatre.com, or call the Box Office at 678-226-6222.
Free rabies vaccinations at Pet Expo Saturday at Gwinnett Fairgrounds
As part of an initiative to provide a safe and healthy community, Gwinnett Animal Welfare is providing free rabies vaccinations at the Atlanta Pet Expo on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Atlanta Pet Expo will be held at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. Activities include exhibitors, pet adoptions, free nail trimming, obedience demonstrations, a dog agility course and a costume contest. Other low-cost vaccinations and microchipping will be provided by the Animal Alliance of Georgia during the same event.
The Gwinnett Animal Shelter is open for adoptions Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gwinnett Animal Welfare is located at 884 Winder Highway in Lawrenceville. You can find updated information about available pets, adoption specials and activities at www.GwinnettAnimalWelfare.com.
Gwinnett Sports Medicine Program recognizes eminent surgeon
Gwinnett Medical Center’s (GMC) Sports Medicine Program has honored world-renowned orthopedic surgeon John Bergfeld, MD during its recent annual banquet.
Bergfeld
Bergfeld, director of the operating room and senior surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, was named the 2019 Pioneer of Sports Medicine Award winner. The yearly honor recognizes an elite physician who has made a significant impact in the field of sports medicine and in the treatment of athletes.
Nish Patel, Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth administrator,says: “As Gwinnett Medical Center looks to advance Sports Medicine, we also want to applaud those professionals who contributed to the foundation of the practice. It’s their insights and revolutionary techniques that we continue to build upon today to create advancements for the region and beyond.”
GMC’s Sports Medicine Program is nationally recognized for not only treating injuries, but the whole athlete. Services include orthopedic medicine and surgery, sports psychology, concussion treatment, rehabilitation and physical therapy, and fitness and performance enhancement.
A well-known figure in Cleveland sports, Bergfeld served as team physician of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns for 28 seasons and for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA for 23. He continues to serve as a consultant surgeon for both professional sports organizations and has been active as team physician for Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio for nearly a quarter century.
Bergfeld received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University where he was a member of the school’s football team. He earned his medical degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and went on to serve the nation as chief of orthopedics at the U.S. Naval Academy hospital in Annapolis, Md.
Snellville bags litter in initial effort of making the city neater
The first cleanup day for Snellville Clean and Proud collected 31 bags of litter on a mile stretch of Oak Road recently. Former Council Kurt Schulz is shown snaring a bit of litter. City staff, council members and residents from the community gathered at City Hall Saturday morning to begin a clean-up initiative planned for years to come. The volunteers used supplies from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful and wore high-visibility shirts from Big Frog Custom T-shirts of Snellville. Three more cleanup dates will take place in the near future so the City of Snellville can officially adopt Oak Road to clean regularly from Highway 78 to Mountain View Road.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
From Theirn Scott, Lawrenceville: This book describes a mutant, prescient capitalism enabled by predictive behavioral surplus datamined illicitly by Google and Facebook. It presents the possibility of current and future generations being manipulated and controlled by ‘Instrumentarianism,” a set of digital tools discovered by Google in the early 2000s that could fulfill the once scorned utopian societal goals of Behavioral Psychologist B.F. Skinner. Instrumentarianism currently ensures the financial success of the Google/Facebook duopoly. To what nefarious uses can this capability be put? Election manipulation, obviously, but more insidious possibilities exist. Look up Walden Two. Skinner’s philosophy is encapsulated in this quote from Walden Two: ‘It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled.’ Perhaps this book is alarmist but with all the negative issues of Big Data, it should not be dismissed.
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Kennedy was the author of I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan
(Continued from previous edition)
After spending more than a year undercover with both organizations, Stetson Kennedy agreed to testify at the 1947 trial of Homer Loomis and Emory Burke, the leaders of the Columbians. While Kennedy’s testimony helped to secure guilty verdicts for both men, his appearance also exposed his double life, bringing to an end his days as an undercover “Klan buster.” Kennedy left the country in 1952 and traveled widely thereafter.
Kennedy
He wrote about his experiences during his travels but was unable to find a publisher for his manuscript until 1954, when Arco, in London, England, agreed to publish the narrative. Originally entitled I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan, the book was subsequently published in the United States as Passage to Violence (with the first 30 pages of the original version omitted) but not widely circulated, and the work received significant attention only in 1990, upon its reissue as The Klan Unmasked.
Around 1954 Kennedy met the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre while living in Paris, France, and Sartre published two articles by Kennedy in his journal Les Temps Modernes. In 1955 Sartre published under his own imprint Kennedy’s book The Jim Crow Guide to the USA, long before the work found an American publisher.
After spending nearly a decade abroad, Kennedy returned to the United States in 1960 and worked briefly as a southeastern correspondent for the Pittsburgh (PA) Courier, a leading African American newspaper. He covered the events of the civil rights movement for the Courier, including the Albany Movement in Georgia. He also wrote the weekly column “Up Front Down South” under the pseudonym “Daddy Mention,” a black folk hero. In his column Kennedy urged black leaders to support the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr.
Kennedy spent the rest of his professional life under the employ of various community development agencies in the Jacksonville area.
In 2006, after praising Kennedy’s courage in their best-selling book Freakonomics, authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt published an article in the New York Times Magazine questioning the accuracy of his accounts. According to Dubner and Levitt, a number of the events described in The Klan Unmasked were embellished or based on secondhand information, and they accused Kennedy of failing to properly acknowledge the contributions of other undercover agents.
In his response Kennedy acknowledged that the charges held some truth, but added that he had admitted as much about 20 years earlier to Peggy Bulger, then a doctoral student researching Kennedy’s life story. Though he expressed regret at not having fully elaborated upon the book’s nature when it was reissued in 1990, Kennedy nonetheless defended his decisions as having been necessary to conceal the identities of his accomplices and ensure the book’s publication. He moreover provided reams of documents verifying his undercover work, including interviews given by a number of former state officials. “Stetson didn’t do it all,” said former assistant attorney general of Georgia Daniel Duke in one interview, “but he did plenty.”
In 2003 the Stetson Kennedy Foundation, headquartered in Florida at Beluthahatchee Park (St. Johns County), was formed with the mission of championing human rights, traditional cultures, and environmental stewardship.
Kennedy’s papers are housed in the archives at Georgia State University in Atlanta, the New York Public Library in New York City, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of South Florida in Tampa. His numerous awards and honors include election as a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists and induction into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
Kennedy died on August 27, 2011, near St. Augustine.
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This and previous Mystery Photo may be classified as difficult
While the previous Mystery Photo was thought easy, here’s a Mystery Photo that may be classified as difficult, unless you happened to be here recently. Figure out where this was taken and send in your guess to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Not a soul was able to identify the last Mystery Photo, which came from Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas. Allan said that there were several clues staring out at you, but no one recognized a scene from the Big Bend National Park in Texas, which Allan thought “too easy.”
Those clues? Allan says the photo features a lot of Texas landscape clues, including mountains (the Chisos Mountains), cactus (prickly pear), desert grasses (cowboy grass) and of course, the Texas state flower (Bluebonnets)!
Ah, the colors of spring in Gwinnett
At about every turn in Gwinnett these days, the colors of spring are bursting out. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp took this scene of azaleas blooming at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville. However, most Gwinnettians can look out their doors and see amazing color displays throughout the area these days. One person told this week of an older lady outside her car stopped on a residential street with its lights on. The Gwinnettian asked: “May I help you?” The reply: “No, I’m from Florida and just admiring all the colorful sights around here.”
Baseball Season is Here: The Gwinnett Stripers opened the 2019 season Thursday night with a six-game homestand filled with exciting promotions. The Stripers will host the Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) for four games from April 4-7 and the Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays) for two games from April 8-9. The homestand includes Mardi Gras Night featuring a pregame Crawfish Boil and postgame Fireworks on April 5 and much more. The Stripers will give out Bobby Cox Replica Hall of Fame Jerseys to the first 2,500 fans at Coolray Field on Saturday. That night, fans will also have the opportunity to sign a get-well card that will be sent to the Cox family wishing him a speedy recovery from his current illness.
Doing business with the county: The Gwinnett County Purchasing Division will host the 13th Annual Supplier Networking Event on Thursday, April 11, at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. Potential vendors may drop in between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a,m. Attendees will meet buyers and contracting officers from the Purchasing Division and other metro Atlanta agencies and take advantage of networking opportunities designed to create relationships. For more information about the event and to register, go to this link.
Hazardous Waste Workshop will be April 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Lilburn City Hall. Put on by the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources, this free workshop will allow attendees to learn how to identify, manager and dispose of household hazardous materials in their home. Attendees may also qualify for a five percent credit on their Stormwater Utility Fee.
Bird Walk of the Southern Wings Bird Club on Saturday, April 13, meeting at 8:45 a.m. at McDaniel Farm Park in Duluth. Led by Master Birder Chris O’Neal, who enjoys wildlife photography and exploring new parks and rails to watch birds. Bring your binoculars, camera, water, snacks and sunscreen. More details: 770 845 3631 or 678 334 1173.
Easter Egg Hunt at Lilburn City Park will be Saturday, April 13, starting at 10 a.m. Children, up to age 12, will be divided into age groups to take turns collecting eggs in the park. The event includes a petting zoo, inflatable and an Easter Bunny photo opportunity.
Earth Day: Volunteer at Gwinnett County’s annual Earth Day event on Saturday, April 13 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville from 9 a.m. until noon. Residents are invited to recycle paper, paint, electronics and tires. Volunteers ages 14 and up are needed to unload vehicles, direct traffic, break down boxes, distribute recycling information and support other Earth Day activities. The event is rain or shine. Interested volunteers should register at www.VolunteerGwinnett.net. For more information, contact Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful at 770-822-5187 or email gwinnettcb@gwinnettcb.org.
Snellville Historical Society will meet Sunday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the City Hall. Speakers will be Ron Davis and Jimmy Clower, descendants of the James Sawyer family, one of the founders of Snellville.
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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