By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JAN. 3, 2023 | Here’s to an innovation in communication between governments and the people they represent. We commend the City of Peachtree Corners, Mayor Mike Mason and its city council, for not hosting an event to tell a few people about the state of the city, but in presenting a 22 minute video outlining the present activities of the city as Year 2022 closed out.
With this video, the entire population of Peachtree Corners is presented with a document that they can hear to learn of the many ways the city is evolving. Mason presented Mayor Pro Tem Weare Gratwick to narrate the presentation, and he did a flawless job. Take a tour of the City with Councilman Gratwick and learn more about the construction, recreation, infrastructure, education, redevelopment, and other activities that have been completed and are on the horizon in Peachtree Corners.
Most of the script came from Mayor Mason with an assist from Gratwick and city communications office Louis Svehia. Jim Stone with Tytan Studios is who the city partnered on this video.
- To view the video, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneckSm9104.
This is a far better method for the City Council to report on the city than by a gathering attended by relatively few people. Our congratulations for showing a more modern way!
The recent cold snap meant Jackson EMC set new records on Saturday, December 24. The electrical demand for 1,525 megawatts surpassed Jackson EMC’s previous record of 1,345 megawatts. Interestingly, the old record was set during the hot season, back in July when the heat index reached 110 degrees.
“Our power distribution system performed well under this weekend’s higher-than-normal demand for electricity,” said Jonathan Weaver, Jackson EMC’s director of system engineering. “We plan for higher demand periods, and we experienced few issues with this new record.”
What a comeback by the Georgia Bulldogs in the first round of the college football playoff games, that amazing 42-41 victory over Ohio State! Now eyes are on next Monday’s championship game against Texas Christian University. Both are explosive teams, as the Bulldogs seek to win two national titles in a row.
Again, Bulldog followers on New Year’s were thrilled by the play of Stetson Bennett, whose athleticism and leadership propelled the Bulldogs to victory.
Hey, Arthur Blank: your Falcons have been lousy lately. What you find in Stetson Bennett is a guy with good athletic credentials, but a superior ability of leadership under fire. Pick a homebody who is a proven winner to join the Falcons. He’ll make you happy and win games! And he’ll pack fans in the stand. Keep it up Stetson!
A prize gift this Christmas was a 20 pound or more and thick-boxed set of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, some 3,000 cartoons from 1920 to the present. We’ll spend many an hour enjoying these treasures, and from some of our favorite cartoonists.
Then last week we ran across this story, which shows the world as it might need to be.
Cartoonist Bernard Kliban, born in Connecticut (1935), once drew a cartoon in which a man is walking along the street with a walking stick and a cravat and shades, accompanied by two beautiful women, while a policeman kicks people out of the way, shouting, “Out of the way, you swine. A cartoonist is coming!”
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