NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: All decked out to fight the coronavirus are these two stalwart figures in one Norcross neighborhood. The Chicken Guard and the Zebra Cow (zow) both are equipped for the season, with the help of Frank Emde, who sent in these photographs.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Feels Governor Brian Kemp Is a Throwback to the “Wool Hat Boys”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hansel Morgan Sr. Served Buford and Gwinnett County with Distinction
ANOTHER VIEW: Staying Home, and Adapting To New Ways of Doing Things
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Possible Long Term Monetary Policy, and a Certain Corporal
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center for the Arts Named Atlanta Native as New Director
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $142,257 In COVID-19 Assistance
RECOMMENDED: Sidewalk Art
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon’s Peyton Anderson Foundation Supports Middle Georgia Area
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues, Clues, Clues Stare Out at You in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Turning an Asset Into Another Type of Help During Corona
Feels Kemp is a throwback to the “Wool Hat Boys”
Kemp is wearing a red tie. Photo via Office of the Governor.
By Ashley Herndon
OCEANSIDE, Calif. | Let me venture to say I am not alone in being shocked with the delay in Ostrich Man’s (Gov. Brian Kemp) long delay in calling for Sheltering in Place. Thank goodness we in California have Gavin Newsome as our governor. I worry about my home state of Georgia friends and relatives laboring under their Governor Ostrich Man. Kemp is an extension of…or rebirth of “The Wool Hat Boys” of the Talmadge days. I always wondered why they were called grown-ups boys. I get it now. Some of the good ol’ boys are not so good.
Herndon
These Wool Hat Boys supposedly lost their overarching power when Georgia’s unique County Unit System was dismantled. (The County System started in 1917, but really dated to 1898…you think maybe it was a bit outdated?) Guess what? They are back. Like in the ‘old days,’ leadership today has its head in the ground. Maybe those ol’ boys never left; could be they were just waiting to re-establish control. Get this, they used to be members of the Democratic Party…you know the one; the party of Southerners, labor unionists, and northeastern liberals.
By 1960 the rural population in Georgia had dropped to 32 percent while 68 percent was urban…but the 32 percent was still in charge because of the County Unit System. In those days, the candidate that had a majority of votes in the 121 smallest counties was awarded two votes under this system. The next 30 counties by population gave the winning candidate four votes. The six urban counties gave the winning candidate six votes. Do the math. That’s how the rural counties and the Wool Hat Boys controlled the state…until 1962! Note: Many Georgians, not outsiders, called The General Assembly “the country’s Largest Indoor Circus.”
Carl Sanders of Richmond County was the first urban candidate to be elected governor since the 1920s. I remember we celebrated when the County Unit System was defeated, thinking we had arrived in the 20th century….in the 1960’s. Thank you, Judge Griffin Bell, a UGA grad and later U.S. Attorney General, who ruled in favor to discard the County Unit System. (He was my uncle Bill’s college buddy.)
Georgia residents thought the Wool Hatters disappeared with Judge Bell’s ruling in Gray v Sanders. Uh Oh. Nope. Surprise. They simply went underground until the current Governor Kemp, whose action today is as ‘Ostrich Man’ because of his ignoring the reality of COVUS-19.
My home State of Georgia is stuck for a while with an extension of those ‘Woolly Bugger’ days. Governor Kemp earned this moniker by saying ‘he was unaware’ of current COVID-19 detailed information (seriousness) until Wednesday. WOW! Does the Big House on West Paces Ferry not have a television?
I digress…the Woolly Buggers representing no-change fundamentalists always voted Democrat. Now they vote Tea Party, Trumpism, the most recent Koch Brother’s selections, and call themselves Republicans. No, they are really RINOS (Republicans in Name Only.) Eisenhower, Goldwater, and McCain were Republicans. I was one of those Republicans.
Our Gov. Gavin Newsome is a bit more up to date and aware of current events…and apparently keeps in touch better. We have been sequestered for weeks. Thank goodness.
Good Luck. November is getting closer.
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Morgan served Buford and Gwinnett County with distinction
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 7, 2020 | Gwinnett and the City of Buford lost a distinguished citizen recently, as Hansel Morgan Sr. , 98, died, a member of the Greatest Generation. He served our country as a member of the U.S. Army during World War II. He was part of the forces that took part in the invasion of North Africa and went to Algeria, Tunisia, and later to Rome, Paris and Germany. He was in the Army for 37 months, including 24 months overseas. He was in the Quartermaster Corps, handling weapons for troops. He trained at Camp Lee, Va. And Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Brack, dressed for Covid-19
He may be best remembered as the author of a book about the City of Buford, commissioned by the Buford City Commission.
Phillip Beard, chairman of the Buford City Commission, said the Morgan family “…have been pillars of the community for years. Hansel spent hours compiling our city’s history. He enjoyed getting this history organized.”
Mr. Morgan’s life was made up of a series of accomplishments. When at Buford High School, he participated in all its sports teams. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of Piedmont College, and later earned a master’s degree from the University of Georgia, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Hansel Morgan became a teacher in Buford. While teaching, he went to night school at John Marshall Law School and became a member of the Georgia Bar Association in 1950, and set up his law practice in Buford.
Besides his legal work, he was the first director of the Buford Housing Authority, and supervised the construction of public housing projects in Buford. He also directed construction of public housing projects in Sugar Hill, Duluth and Flowery Branch.
Morgan
From 1959 to 1965, he served as one of two Gwinnett legislators to the Georgia General Assembly. While there, he was a co-sponsor of and wrote the legislation to create the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit. This was carved out of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit which included Jackson, Barrow and Banks Counties. This measure gave Gwinnett its own circuit, which has grown today to include 31 full time judges in Gwinnett, plus 15 part-time magistrate and senior judges.
Mr. Morgan was judge from 1965 to 1970 of the City Court of Buford, which later became the State Court of Gwinnett. Additionally, with the growth of Gwinnett, it became entitled to its own separate Juvenile Court. Starting in 1971, Mr. Morgan was the first Gwinnett Juvenile judge. He continued to serve in that role until 1991, when he retired after 20 years of service.
Retirement did not slow Mr. Morgan down. The City of Buford had named him as the city historian in 1987, and he began assembling information. In 1993 he published Historic Buford, which soon sold out and was republished. The book contained many images of events and leaders of the city. With his interest in Buford history, Mr. Morgan was instrumental in helping establish the Buford City Museum.
A central point in Judge Morgan’s life has been his membership in the Buford First United Methodist Church. He was a member since 1931, and had been involved in many positions, including the Church Board, District trustee, and delegate to the Annual Conference. He was a member of the Chancel Choir, and taught the Fellowship Sunday School class for more than 40 years.
His second book was a history of the Buford Methodist Church, published in 1996, The Buford First Church, United Methodist, a History. Later on, in 2008, Judge Morgan published a collection of his Sunday School lessons, The Measure You Give.
Hansel Grady Morgan Sr. (1921-2020): May you rest in peace.
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Staying home and adapting to new ways of doing things
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga. | COVID-19 has us pinned inside our homes. How are we adapting?
Most of us are okay, but think of the heroes of this historical time — doctors, nurses, pharmacists, police, paramedics, firefighters, farmers, truck drivers, supermarket workers, plumbers and many other professions. One group keeps us healthy and safe while the other makes sure the supply chain remains unbroken. We need to let them know we’re grateful.
Some of us are trying to cope with job loss. My husband is one of the 15 percent of Americans who have been laid off. For a couple of days, Eddie sat on the sofa like a man processing something he didn’t understand. He wasn’t sleeping either. I asked him why not. With the coronavirus raging, he was “praying all night for the world.”
As for me, I’m introverted, a homebody. I thought staying at home would be a breeze for me. I’d finally have time to organize my office and catch up on my reading. But then it seemed my brain wasn’t absorbing the words. I too wasn’t sleeping well and at any given moment felt prone to tears.
It’s easy to worry. I think of my oldest son who lives in Brooklyn who said a virus had been making the rounds in January. He believes it was COVID-19 and that he and his fiancée had had it. Not leaving his apartment but to walk the dog, he’s coping by playing video games and watching the stock market. Whereas my younger son has been working from home and climbing the walls. He’ll take a break occasionally to walk in Lilburn City Park which is allowed under Gwinnett’s Stay-At-Home order as long as visitors practice social distancing.
We shouldn’t be surprised when new habits emerge out of necessity. Each week my husband dons a face mask and gloves and slays the hairy mammoth, meaning he shops and fills the cart with enough food for 21 meals. We have no choice but to cook at home and consequently we’re eating healthier than ever. We’ll stick to this new routine.
Another change: I’m back on the treadmill. I must admit it makes me feel better. Not only that, but I’ve downloaded the “Calm” app to my phone. During the first session, I relaxed my right hand, thereby triggering the muscle in my right shoulder to decompress. Hmm. Can the app completely unwind me?
The “Zoom” app is another adaptation that allows you to meet with others from home. I used it for the first time during the March meeting of my Philadelphia Winn DAR Chapter. Then my Sunday school class began using it to pray and study scripture together. It’s a literal Godsend during a time of heightened vulnerability.
We haven’t been singing out our windows in Lilburn like the Italians have, but Arcado Elementary school teachers treated us to a pleasant demonstration. After days of rain, I walked out onto the driveway with Eddie, when out of nowhere, we heard a ruckus — like a cheering crowd. Then two police escorts led a line of cars with people inside waving at us and shouting out the school name. We learned they were teachers cruising the neighborhood to let their students know they were missed.
We waved back, and given the opportunity, shouted “Thank you!” to the policeman at the end. His window down, he nodded and smiled.
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Possible long-term monetary policy, and a certain corporal
Editor, the Forum:
Toward the end of the movie Patton, there’s a scene of a bustle of activity in a German headquarters destroying papers in anticipation of being overrun by the American Army. A German officer laments the coming loss of the war with: “Das ist das Ende” (This is the end). What the coronavirus and the dramatic monetary and fiscal war waged to overcome its economic devastation will bring is the end of a financial era: the idea that the government repays its debt.
The national debt in the United States has been rising at an alarming rate. Prior to the Coronavirus the debt stood at about $23 trillion. With the passage of recent laws authorizing spending by the Treasury Department and unprecedented loan facilities by the Federal Reserve, the national debt and the balance sheet of the Fed will exceed $30 trillion. It will soon, if it hasn’t already, be a number that essentially cannot be retired. And that’s where Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) will come to “save” us.
There are two main components to MMT; 1) a country that prints its own money can never go into default; and 2) unemployment becomes an anachronism as the federal government employs all who cannot find employment in the private sector.
Milton Friedman was fond of saying “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” The recent law providing checks to every American and enhanced unemployment benefits for those forced home by government fiat will be the precedent for the passage of a universal basic income law. This law will probably then morph into the federal jobs program mentioned above. At this point MMT will become formalized policy.
And “Save” us it will, in the short-term. In the long-term, it will ignite an inflation that may approach the hyper-inflation of post-World War I Germany. It took those horrendous economic times that helped the rise of a certain corporal to become Chancellor of Germany.
— Theirn (TJ) Scott, Lawrenceville
President Trump, loyalty and remembering an old adage
Editor, the Forum:
President Trump wasn’t too busy to fire Inspector General Michael Atkinson on Friday for forwarding the Ukraine whistle blower letter to Congress last fall. His letter to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees about the firing said, in part “…I am exercising my power…” Yes, as president he has the power, but what gives him the right to fire a government employee who, by law, was required to inform Congress?
Of course, firing Michael Atkinson actually symbolizes the power the president has to intimidate other government employees in the intelligence agencies, like he has with other agencies. He is “hollowing out” many agencies, so that they cannot function as intended. Certainly, they cannot put the brakes on future, unlawful actions his administration might take.
President Trump wants loyalty to himself, rather than to the Constitution. His obsessive desire for absolute loyalty from others could lead to absolute power. Remember, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
— Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners
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Hudgens Center names Atlanta native as new director
Laura Ballance has been named executive director of the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning in Duluth. Balance is an Atlanta native. She was born at Piedmont Hospital, attended the Galloway School and graduated from Georgia State University.
Ballance
Since 2017, Ballance has worked for the Muscular Dystrophy Association – Atlanta, where she was responsible for the organization’s signature Night of Hope Gala that raised more than $1 million. As the development coordinator, she also managed and planned the MDA Muscle Walk and increased sponsorship support by more than 50 percent over the previous year. She was actively involved with supporting the existing initiatives of the MDA and creating new programs to engage the community and raise awareness.
“The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning has a well-established reputation within the Metro Atlanta arts community,” Ballance said. “I am thrilled for the opportunity to join the team and take the helm at this inspiring facility. When I walked into the Hudgens Center a few weeks ago, it just felt like home,” Ballance said. “I’m excited to return to the arts and I’m excited to do it at the Hudgens. It’s my dream job.”
Ballance previously worked at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta from 2002-2016. In her final five years with the school, she served as assistant director for enrollment events and programs and had oversight of a variety of events, from intimate VIP meetings to high-volume open house events. She was responsible for launching the school’s popular continuing education program that was made up of various workshops and courses.
She planned the 2009 National Arts Honors Society, a multi-day conference, exhibition and awards ceremony for more than 400 students and their families. In 2010 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Georgia Art Education Association.
Kate Awtrey, chair of the Hudgens Center, says: “Laura is going to be amazing in this role. We are excited to see the future of our organization with her as the leader. With Laura’s extensive experience in the arts, and with non-profits, as well as her deep roots in the metro-Atlanta area, she is well-positioned to accelerate the vision and is ready to help the Hudgens Center for Arts and Learning reach its full potential.”
Foundation awards $142,257 in COVID-19 assistance
As a result of growing community needs in response to the coronavirus health emergency, the Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors held a special meeting on March 31 to review applications for emergency support. The board awarded a total $142,257 in special grants to area organizations:
$10,000 to Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, in Athens, to help provide emergency food assistance in Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, and Oglethorpe counties.
$10,000 to Georgia Mountain Food Bank, in Gainesville, to help provide emergency food assistance in Hall and Lumpkin counties.
$10,000 to Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry to help provide emergency food assistance in Gwinnett County.
$10,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Flowery Branch to help provide rent, mortgage and food assistance in Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties.
$10,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Gainesville to help provide rent and mortgage assistance in Hall County.
$10,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Jefferson to provide rent and mortgage assistance in Jackson County.
$10,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Lawrenceville to help provide rent and mortgage assistance in Gwinnett County.
$8,857 to New Path 1010 to provide emergency food assistance to Barrow County seniors, Project Adam residential treatment program clients, and students.
$8,000 to the Madison County School District to help provide food for its weekend backpack program, and for the installation of a SmartBus WiFi system that will provide Internet access to students who are digitally learning at home.
$5,000 to Banks Jackson Food Bank to help provide emergency food assistance in Banks and Jackson counties.
$5,000 to Community Helping Place, in Dahlonega, to help provide emergency food assistance in Lumpkin County.
$5,000 to Lumpkin County Family Connection, in Dahlonega, to help provide emergency food for its Backpack Buddy Program.
$5,000 to Salvation Army – Athens to help provide emergency housing and food assistance in Clarke, Madison and Oglethorpe counties.
$5,000 to Salvation Army – Gainesville to help provide emergency housing and food assistance in Banks, Barrow, Hall and Jackson counties.
$5,000 to Salvation Army – Gwinnett to help provide emergency housing and food assistance in Gwinnett County.
$5,000 to Salvation Army – Toccoa to help provide emergency housing and food assistance in Franklin and Lumpkin counties.
$3,600 to Commerce City Schools for the installation of a SmartBus WiFi system to provide Internet access to students who are digitally learning at home.
$3,000 to Jefferson City Schools for the installation of a SmartBus WiFi system to provide Internet access to students who are digitally learning at home.
$3,000 to Mending the Gap, in Lawrenceville, to provide emergency food assistance to Gwinnett County senior citizens.
$3,000 to Norcross Meals on Wheels, for emergency food delivery to Gwinnett County senior citizens.
$2,800 to Jackson County School System for the installation of a SmartBus WiFi system to provide Internet access to students who are digitally learning at home.
$2,500 to Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church Food Pantry to provide emergency food assistance in Barrow, Gwinnett and Hall counties.
$2,500 to Happy Sacks, in Duluth, to help provide emergency food for its weekend backpacks for needy children in seven local schools.
Sidewalk art
Emma Waldren
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: Let me recommend something that has brought smiles to us and our neighbors. Tim and I are semi-retired and have not been off our property in three weeks except to pick up curbside groceries. However, we are now realizing that the young families in our neighborhood think we are ancient and decrepit, so we wanted to send some kind of lighthearted message to let them know we are OK and quite cheerful in our isolation. I reached out to an eight-year-old neighbor, Emma Waldren, and asked her if she would like to create some kind of artwork in our driveway. I thought it might be fun for her and it would definitely be a nice thing for us and the neighborhood walkers. Emma accepted the challenge. We now have a beautiful, colorful chalk message of “Hello” with flowers and a rainbow across the bottom of our drive. Just the ticket!”
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Peyton Anderson Foundation supports middle Georgia area
The Peyton Anderson Foundation of Macon is the result of one man’s determination to repay his community for the success he achieved during his lifetime. Peyton Anderson grew up in the newspaper business and was the owner and publisher of the Macon Telegraph and News from 1951 to 1969.
When he died in 1988, the bulk of his fortune was left to form the Peyton Anderson Foundation. Juanita Jordan was named the director of the foundation, and the original trustees were Ed Sell Jr., John Comer, Ed Sell III, and Evelyn Matthews Anderson.
Anderson set up two requirements for the disbursement of the foundation’s funds: recipients must be 501(c)(3) organizations (that is, tax-exempt, charitable, nonpolitical organizations) and the money must be used for the benefit of Macon and middle Georgia. Because Anderson had always preferred to contribute seed money rather than funds for ongoing operational costs, the trustees tried to choose causes that would make a lasting difference.
The original endowment was approximately $35 million. Since the foundation has been in existence, it has given an estimated $103 million to local organizations. In 2004 the fund reportedly contained more than $75 million, a tribute to the careful investment and management exercised by the board of trustees.
The grants made by the Peyton Anderson Foundation have been diverse and have had a lasting impact on middle Georgia and the city of Macon. In such cases as NewTown Macon and the Peyton Anderson Community Services Building, the foundation was actually the driving force behind the projects. It also helped organize and fund the Community Foundation for Central Georgia, and the Peyton Anderson Scholars program.
Among the most significant grants to date are $3 million to NewTown Macon for the renovation and revitalization of the downtown area, and $2.5 million to the Tubman African American Museum. Other substantial grants have been made to the United Way (for the Peyton Anderson Community Services Building); Mercer University (for the Convocation Center); the Medcen Foundation (for a health education center); the Museum of Arts and Sciences; Macon State College (for the endowment of two faculty chairs); and the Salvation Army (for the construction of several centers).
Throughout his life Anderson was quick to tell people, “You made your money in Macon; you should spend your money in Macon.” Through his foundation, Anderson’s money continues to be spent in Macon, thereby improving the lives of all the citizens of middle Georgia.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to http://georgiaencyclopedia.org
Clues, clues, clues stare out at you in this Mystery Photo
Today’s Mystery Photo has a lot in it. A modern downtown with skyscrapers, soaring clear skies, with a few high clouds, mountains and plenty of sunshine. All you have to do is figure out where this photograph was taken. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Only three Forum readers recognized the recent Mystery Photo. The photograph came from Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. First in with the right answer was Joseph Hopkins of Norcross. Right afterward, George Graf of Palmyra, Va. Told us: “The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Conn. Here are a few facts about the bridge:
- Mystic is not a legally recognized town, it is a zip code/village within Groton and Stonington.
- The Mystic River divides the village into an eastern side (Stonington) and a western side (Groton)
- The Bascule Bridge (located in downtown Mystic on Main Street) opens once every 60 minutes at 40 past the hour during daylight hours/Seasonally May through October. Otherwise, it opens on demand.
- Key West, Florida was founded by Mystic sea captains.
- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall honeymooned at the Inn at Mystic.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge in Mystic, Conn.
Historically, the village of Mystic was a leading seaport of the area. According to the Mystic River Historical Society, the name “Mystic” is derived from the Pequot Tribe’s (i.e. native Americans from Connecticut) term “missi-tuk”, which describes a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind. This bascule-style bridge was designed by Thomas Ellis Brown and opened in 1920. Its movable span is 85 feet wide, 218 feet long, weighs 660 tons, and employs two 230ton concrete-filled counterweights. With a village population of just over 4,200 people, the bridge carries over 11,800 cars daily.”
See the bridge move yourself? If so, you can visit the Downtown Mystic Live Feed Drawbridge Webcam by clicking https://mysticknotwork.com/pages/downtown-mystic-live-feed-drawbridge-camera.
Turning an asset into another type of help during corona
With public libraries closed during these COVID-19 times, Little Free Libraries offer good reading material. However, this library in Savannah now offers other assistance…..food during this pandemic. The photograph came from Mickey Merkle of Berkeley Lake. Do your part. Visit the Little Free Library for a book, or take one to leave there for the next person.
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