By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MAY 1, 2020 | The origin of the name of Sugarloaf Parkway is clear. Several readers came to the rescue to determine exactly how Sugarloaf Parkway got its name. The answer was sitting there under our eyes.
Mike Tennant of Johns Creek remembered that “The Rollins’ farm was named Sugarloaf Farm years before the golf club was envisioned.”
And Elaine Still of Braselton wrote: “I recall that there was a horse farm once located on the Rollins property and was called Sugarloaf Farms. I think the use of Sugarloaf as a name for the road originated from that. I’m thinking there were large stables there and vaguely remember attending some sort of fundraiser there in mid-90s after it was no longer a horse farm. I have plenty of time to reflect during quarantine!”
Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash put it this way: “Sugarloaf Farm was the name of the property from which about 1,600 acres ultimately became Sugarloaf Country Club. One of the courses at Sugarloaf Country Club is called the Stables Course as a nod to the stables that were part of Sugarloaf Farm.”
Here is a link to an archeological survey of the 1,600 acres that was prepared in 1994, likely in preparation for the development of Sugarloaf Country Club: https://archaeology.uga.edu/gasf/reports/618
Georgia Republicans have placed two questions on their primary ballots for GOP members to decide. The tabulation will guide the party in their efforts for new legislation.
The two questions are:
“Should voting in the Republican primary be limited to voters who have registered as Republicans?” and “Should candidates for Board of Education be required to declare their political party?”
Our thoughts on these questions:
First, Georgia laws now give voters great leeway on determining in which primary you may vote. The simple answer is you pick the primary you want to vote on at the time you vote. There is no party registration in Georgia, giving the voters this leeway. The Republican suggestion would deny such a freedom.
On the education question, we have heard many comments from voters wanting the Board of Education seats, and some say even county commission positions, to be non-partisan. If the Republicans push this question in the Legislation, why not make it for both local governments, the commission and the school board?
The commercial television networks haven’t done our nation much of a service by allowing President Donald Trump to interrupt local programming each afternoon for him to talk on and on about the virus. Or have they?
Did you notice that the timing of the presidential interruptions is so that his position can be told on the nightly news?
Why the networks seem to think that every Trump decision to go on television is important. He seems to have not just Fox Network, but CBS, NBC and ABC, ready to accede to his every command. It’s noteworthy that PBS hasn’t fallen for this to feed stations with his live broadcasts.
Television networks should use some judgment in determining whether the president should get air time. It reminds me of the old saying, “Fool me once…..” After repeated airings of “no news,” these open no-news press conferences of the president should have been pulled.
Or should they have been? Even some key Republicans are saying that the president’s continued venting and rudeness and lack of news are hurting his chance at a second term.
Could it be that the TV execs were smart, after all?
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