GwinnettForum | Number 23.83 | Oct. 22, 2024
FILMING GEORGIA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger this week at Atlanta Tech Park in Peachtree Corners was Australian broadcaster Bruce Hawker of Sydney, New South Wales. He and his son, Bill, operating the camera, have visited the United States since 2018 prior to elections to make documentaries out of interviews to report to the Australian people. Hawker says, “Australians really follow the U.S. elections closely.”
TODAY’S FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett lucky to have Real Deal in Sugar Hill
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
FEEDBACK: Hazlehurst appreciates Allentown assistance
UPCOMING: Animal Welfare offers free pet adoptions on weekend
NOTABLE: Gwinnett again earns top credit rating
RECOMMENDED: Layered Money, by Nik Bhatia
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Good Eats show originator lives in Marietta
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does the design give away the mystery location?
LAGNIAPPE: New one mile sidewalk open on Oakbrook Parkway
CALENDAR: Early trick-or-treating coming this Saturday
Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
JEFFERSON, Ga. | Jackson Electric Membership Corporation has announced two promotions of its key staff executives.
Cleveland
Caison
Brittany Caison, previously vice president of engineering, operations and technology, has been appointed to a new role, providing leadership to a newly aligned group at the cooperative with similar goals and objectives.
Meanwhile David Cleveland has been vice president of marketing, member services, and governmental affairs, Caison’s previous role.
Led by Caison, this area is organized around three functions that plan and respond to business changes and prepare Jackson EMC for the future:
- Engineering, including power supply, system planning, operational technology and facilities.
- Operations, which includes system improvements, power distribution, vegetation maintenance, oversight of lineworker programs and our fleet.
- Information Technology, including cybersecurity and technology infrastructure.
Caison began her career at Jackson EMC as a commercial/industrial engineer. She was promoted to Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analytics, where she was responsible for developing and managing the implementation of the strategic planning process and business intelligence company-wide.
Caison currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, an Industrial Advisory Board Member for the University of Georgia’s School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering and a Board Member for Adult Literacy Jackson. Caison was named to the University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2023.
Cleveland most recently served as the managing director of business development and government affairs, a position he held since 2022.
Cleveland joined Jackson EMC in 2017 as director of business development. He began his business career in 2002 as a regional financial analyst with Sherwin-Williams Company, moving to BB&T in 2006 as a business services officer. In 2012, he joined Coweta-Fayette EMC, where he last served as director of community and economic development.
He received a bachelor of business administration from the University of Georgia and a master of business administration from Georgia College and State University. Cleveland is a graduate of the BB&T Banking School at Wake Forest University, the Georgia Academy for Economic Development and the NRECA Robert Kabat Management Internship Program.
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, the largest electric cooperative in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation, is headquartered 50 miles northeast of Atlanta in Jefferson. The cooperative serves more than 265,000 meters on 15,250 miles of energized wire.
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Gwinnett lucky to have Real Deal in Sugar Hill
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By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
OCT. 22, 2024 | Without newspapers, a community can suffer as elected public officials do what they want, with few knowing what is going on. The recent demise of newspapers across the country particularly hurts democracy.
But there is a new effort in some communities, of individuals taking the time to sniff out what is going on, and making the community better by shining the light on government. Unfortunately, there are not enough of these reputable sources. But every now and then, one emerges.
We were intrigued to learn that Amber Chambers in Sugar Hill (Real Deal in Sugar Hill) has been covering Sugar Hill like a watchdog since 2019. She’s more of a “bulldog,” since she holds on tenaciously. She does this alone, making no money, but does it out of an outrage.
On her website, she says: “…..this quiet suburban neighborhood (Sugar Hill) has been rapidly morphing into something like one of the Atlanta neighborhoods. While times change and towns grow naturally, the Sugar Hill government is aggressively forcing urbanization of the area – as much as possible, as fast as possible, at an ever-increasing expense to existing residents.” She also saw a city council voting in lockstep with little public discussion. All this incentivized her.
Amber was born in Flowery Branch, graduated from local schools and has a computer science degree from North Georgia State College. Her father, retired from the phone company, and her mother did not work outside the home. They still live in Flowery Branch. Amber lives with her partner, Dr. Tom Loboac, a Purdue Ph D. who works in photogrametry (making 3D maps of outer space). They have lived in Sugar Hill since 2015.
What opened Amber’s eyes to the world came early when in the fourth grade, from a book, The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. “I selected it purely from its cover, thinking it was a mystery. The bookmobile librarian asked my mother if I could read adult books, and she said OK. The book shocked me, talking about matters that I had never thought of. I did not think the book was true, that people would treat other people that way, and government would let it happen. I asked my Dad, and he said it really happened. It was most shocking. We should never let government do things without keeping track of them.”
All this led to today, with Amber attending numerous public hearings, using open records requests, talking to a lot of people, and putting her conclusions in writing. We suspect she knows more of what is going on in Sugar Hill than elected city officials.
A recent story she has thoroughly covered is a proposed pedestrian bridge across Georgia Highway 20. (See drawing above from Real Deal). The city first came up with the idea of a bridge as early as 2016. An estimate from an engineering firm was that it would cost $5.5 million, but later estimates showed $6.055 million. On October 14, the city approved a $7.1 million bridge.
Recent topics have been about more dense housing in Sugar Hill, an untold story of interim planning director hiring, and city property taxes. These stories are well illustrated and written. The scope of her work is immense….all done because of her concern about what she saw in Sugar Hill government.
Amber seeks transparency, honesty, disclosure and trust from government. And she won’t let go when she sees a story. It’s what every community needs, some bulldog holding on and shining light on local government.
Thank you, Amber Chambers. Sugar Hill is lucky to have someone like you.
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Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
By Jack Bernard
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Only one president in recent years accomplished the goal of balancing the budget. That was Bill Clinton. He had budget surpluses for fiscal years 1998–2001, the only such years from 1970 to 2023. Donald Trump’s record from 2017-2020 conclusively illustrates the fact that he supported excessive spending.
There are several primary drivers causing our long-standing deficit.
a. Increasing entitlement costs (Social Security/Medicare), because of our aging population;
b. Expensive but popular programs designed to lessen poverty, create economic growth and strengthen our military. The non-profit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) states that unless we are unwilling to drastically cut popular programs strongly supported by voters, we must generate more federal revenue to reduce our debt and balance the budget.
A fiscal conservative does not slash taxes while increasing spending programs, as Trump did. The tax cuts enacted under Trump and George W. Bush caused the deficit to be twice as large as it would have been .
Trump alone caused our nation’s debt to rise by $8 trillion to $28 trillion. In 2017, the first year of the Trump Presidency, the national debt increased by $671 billion. In 2018, pre-pandemic, it went up to $1,271 billion. By the time he left, the national debt increased by $4,226 billion annually.
Declaring that his tax bill would pay for itself through economic growth. That was a ridiculous and obvious lie with little or no basis in reality. Then President Trump dramatically cut taxes. People at the very top of the income scale (top 0.1 percent) got an average cut of $252,300 each. The lowest fifth each got a $70 cut.
As a result, 83 percent of these tax cuts went to big business and the richest Americans. The GOP tax cuts helped those who needed it the least.
Trump’s tax cuts are due to expire in 2025. He disingenuously states his tax cuts created improved economic markets which result in higher tax collections, which generate more revenue than the tax cuts. Trump wants these cuts extended, which would raise the deficit from $3.3 to $4.6 trillion (per Bloomberg).
This irrational premise is Trump’s continuing excuse for reducing taxes on big corporations, plus the wealthy like himself and Musk. He wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, down from an already inadequate 21 percent (Harris seeks to raise corporate taxes to 28 percent). But Trump’s efforts to cut the taxes of big business will just increase the already enormous national deficit.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal deficit will increase to 10 percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2043-2051 from 4.2 percent of GDP in 2022.
When I was young, the Republicans were the party of fiscal responsibility and would have acted to avert this crisis. But nowadays, the only time the GOP talks about fiscal responsibility is when the Democrats are in the White House. And even then, the GOP-controlled House does not pass true spending reduction bills that have any chance of getting enacted.
Under Donald Trump, the Republican party seeks tax cuts for the rich while not putting forth any realistic plan to cut spending. Trump’s base should be renamed the MABA- Making America Broke Again. This situation will not change until GOP leadership has the courage to stand up and recognize Trump for the irresponsible charlatan that he is.
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Hazlehurst appreciates Allentown assistance
Editor, the Forum:
I am sending this email to thank all those who administered aid to my hometown of Hazlehurst. Although my husband and I live just outside the City Limits, we were blessed in so many ways by the generosity from all that sent help to our hometown.
We are deeply touched by the extraordinary example demonstrated by everyone.
However the city of Allentown proved exactly what is meant by, “We may be small but we’re mighty!!”
My heart has been touched in such a loving way that I will never be able to express in words. Thank you for all the love and kindness shown to everyone in the state.
– Cheryl Anderson, Hazlehurst
Feels that in 2017-20, life was better
Editor, the Forum:
Please give facts about how threatening life was in 2017- 2020.
Everything was better .
KH dropped out of the 2020 primary because she was so unpopular.
How do you think she can win ?
Only by a fraudulent election ?
But it will be a landslide.
KH is so incompetent, it is mind-blowing .
– Karan Waid, Duluth
Dear reader: For sure, I can’t say I agree with you, except the landslide. But I think you will be disappointed. We’ll print your thoughts because you have the guts to stand behind them. We appreciate that!—eeb
Country was better off during Trump years
Editor, the Forum:
I look forward to reading your articles twice a week, but as a conservative, I do not agree with you on Mr. Trump. In comparing his four years to today with VP Harris accomplishments in her four years, there is no question in my mind that our country was much better off during the Trump presidency.
You can believe what you want to, but I feel that you need to do some honest research. In all honesty, I don’t always care for the way Mr. Trump speaks, but he tells it like it is and is much more clear as to what our country needs to hear. Oh, by the way, he is also a businessman and understands finances. So in closing, if you enjoy and understand VP Harris’s word salad, maybe you can share with us exactly what she is saying.
– Pete Stamsen, Lawrenceville
Dear Pete: thanks for reading the Forum. You bring up something interesting. The office of vice president is to replace the president if required. A vice president has few accomplishments; they are part of the president’s administration. To make a comparison, it’s much like comparing apples to oranges. As to her word salad, at least she has solid ideas, not concepts. –eeb
Continues to spout the MAGA outrageousness
Editor, the Forum:
You worry regarding Trump’s mental health, yet Biden was considered just a kindly old man and unable to stand trial for his decades of crimes regarding the theft of classifieds decades long.
So Trump is too old to serve, you claim; yet the Forum supported Biden all this time until the coronation and suddenly switched praise to Harris, despite before that event she and the rest of the gang denied Biden’s decline?
The outrageous flow of unvetted and illegal border crossings would continue for another four years?
And chaos? Untamed inflation, billions spent to house the waves of illegals, a fudged response by FEMA, Ukraine invasion, madness against Israel, and the left’s support of no voter identification?
– Ron Baker, Stone Mountain
Dear Ron: Oh, if all what you said were true! Just more MAGA outrageousness. You know people in North Carolina are singing FEMA’s praises, instead of accepting Trump’s lies about this in Springfield, Ohio. And the ‘elderly’ Biden has led our nation to what The Economist this week called “the envy of the world.” Most of what MAGA says you cannot trust. Recognize that. –eeb
Wants to send 118th Congress to the woodshed
Editor, the Forum:
Not so sure about your terminology “the wrong person,” but we’ll see how it works out. Right now my main concern is the fiscal situation and how our elected representatives keep kicking the can down the road regarding deficit spending. Will it or can it ever stop? Frankly all our elitist Congress should be sent to the woodshed: our grandkids will have to bear the burden Congress has given us .
– – John Moore, Duluth
Dear John: Agree that Congress has proven inept, and it will take better leadership in all quarters to return to a balanced budget.–eeb
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Animal Welfare offers free pet adoptions on weekend
Get ready to rock and roll for a cause! Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement is hosting the annual Shelter Pets Rock celebration to find loving homes for pets at the Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center.
On Saturday, October 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gwinnett Animal Welfare will offer free pet adoptions while attendees enjoy hands-on activities, crafts, music, local vendors, face painting and more.
Animal Welfare and Enforcement Division Director Katrina Amaro. “Come out and immerse yourself in a day of excitement and unforgettable memories.”
All adoptable animals are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, and most pets can go home the same day as adoption. Visit GwinnettAnimalWelfare.com to find available pets and learn more about the adoption process. The Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center is located at 884 Winder Highway in Lawrenceville.
Gwinnett again earns top credit rating
Gwinnett County has once again earned the highest possible bond ratings, securing triple AAA/Aaa ratings from Moody’s Investors Services, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings.
The excellent credit ratings allow Gwinnett County to issue bonds at favorable rates, reducing long-term borrowing costs and generating savings for taxpayers. Analysts from the three agencies commended the county government for its robust economic foundation, low debt levels and proactive financial planning.
Leveraging these top ratings, the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the issuance of $17.2 million in revenue bonds through the Urban Redevelopment Agency for Phase II of the Gwinnett Place Mall redevelopment project. The 20-year bonds, priced at an interest rate of 4.7 percent, will finance the acquisition of the Macy’s and Macy’s Furniture Store sites at the mall. The purchase of these key properties will further the County’s efforts to redevelop the mall and transform it into a vibrant economic hub
Gwinnett is one of only 53 counties nationwide to hold this elite AAA/Aaa rating from all three major credit rating agencies, a distinction achieved by less than 2 percent of counties across the nation.
Library plans program for re-entry population
The Gwinnett County Public Library is now accepting applications for its next New Start Entrepreneurship Incubator Program (NSEI).
NSEI provides business education for formerly incarcerated individuals through in-person classes, online coursework, and a robust network of mentors and community partners. NSEI is specifically geared towards the re-entry population, which, in Georgia, is disproportionately minority populations and people of color.
This six-month course is designed to help community members who have served time in jail or prison create and sustain their own businesses. NSEI originated as a grant project in 2021, funded by Google in partnership with the American Library Association.
Jackson EMC awards grants to five groups
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $89,240 in grants for organizations during its recent meeting, including $74,240 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
- $17,340 to Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse, Inc., to provide rehabilitation services for adults from Gwinnett County who are permanently disabled due to a traumatic brain injury.
- $15,000 to Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc., for program materials and supplies for the JA Biztown and JA Finance Park interactive programs that teach the concepts of financial literacy, business, entrepreneurship and career readiness to middle school students in Gwinnett and Hall counties.
- $15,000 to Project Adam Community Assistance Center, Inc., an organization focused on the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug dependency for men in Barrow, Banks, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Madison and Oglethorpe counties, to provide food for its residential treatment center.
- $14,900 to Diamond in the Rough Youth Development, Inc., Snellville, whose mission is to prepare, inspire, nurture, and provide knowledge to girls 4-18 in Gwinnett County through a variety of preventive programs and activities for its Clusters Mentoring Program.
- $12,000 to Latin America Association for its emergency rental assistance program for Gwinnett families in need.
Layered Money, by Nik Bhatia
From Randy Brunson, Suwanee: Nik Bhatia takes a 3000+ year look at money systems across the globe. He discusses the use of gold across the centuries, the lifespan of reserve currencies, the fractional reserve banking system, and more. His in-depth analysis starts with the gold Florin coin and looks at the development of central banks, bank-issued gold certificates and finally, digital currency. And he does offer thoughts about cryptocurrencies as well as Central Bank Digital Currencies. Fascinating how the world’s money system has developed!
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Good Eats show originator lives in Marietta
The television personality, author and director Alton Brown, who was raised in White County, has helped to change the character of food television and cooking instruction in the United States. His innovative approach to cooking and teaching mixes elements of chemistry, anthropology, and history with popular culture and humor.
Alton Crawford Brown Jr. was born in Los Angeles, Calif. on July 30, 1962. His parents, who were originally from north Georgia, moved the family back to the state when Brown was seven. After high school, Brown attended LaGrange College in LaGrange and majored in business. He then transferred to the University of Georgia(UGA) in Athens, where he studied filmmaking. He left UGA in 1985 one credit hour short of the graduation requirement (although he later obtained his degree).
After leaving UGA, Brown worked as a cinematographer and director for commercials and music videos. He shot a video for the Athens-based band R.E.M. and worked as a camera operator on filmmaker Spike Lee’s School Daze (1988). Brown watched many cooking shows but was dissatisfied with their content and format. He wanted to make his own show, one that was more informative and compelling, but he lacked formal culinary training.
In 1994 Brown and his wife, DeAnna Collins, moved to Vermont, where Brown enrolled in the New England Culinary Institute and studied with chef Jean-Patrick Matecat. In 1997 the Browns moved to Atlanta, where they wrote and shot two pilot episodes of Good Eats, a cooking show with a format very different from that of traditional cooking shows. Good Eats combines cooking instruction with humorous skits starring fictional characters and discussions about the chemistry of cooking. Food Network purchased the show in 1998, and Good Eats first aired in July 1999. Since 2005 the show has been produced by Be Square Productions, an Atlanta-based production company owned by Brown and his wife.
In 2005 Brown became the commentator for the Food Network series Iron Chef America. In 2006 and 2007 he starred in the Food Network documentary miniseries Feasting on Asphalt, in which he and his crew, traveling by motorcycle, trace several routes through the United States in search of local food and history.
By 2010 Brown had written eight books about cooking, kitchen tools, and travel, including I’m Just Here for the Food (2002), which won the James Beard Award for Best Cookbook in the reference category. Brown is a frequent contributor to several national magazines, including Bon Appetit and Men’s Health. In 2004 he was awarded the honor of Cooking Teacher of the Year at the Bon Appetit American Food and Entertaining Awards. Good Eats received a George Foster Peabody Award, given by the University of Georgia, in 2007 “[f]or being omnivorously educational and great cheesy fun.”
Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in drama from UGA in 2004, after learning that the curriculum standards had changed several years before. The one foreign-language credit he lacked in 1985 was no longer a requirement, and consequently he was deemed eligible to graduate. In 2010 he delivered the commencement address at UGA’s spring graduation ceremony.
Brown lives with his wife and daughter, Zoey, in Marietta.
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Does this design give away the mystery location?
The design of today’s Mystery Photo may give away its location, but you’ll have to take another step, we suspect, to put a name to this mystery. Send your idea to ebrack2@gmail, and be sure to tell us where you live.
Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C., recognized the latest mystery: “Gregory of Nin was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as a medieval Bishop of Nin and strongly opposed the Pope and official circles of the Catholic Church. He introduced the Croatian language in religious services after the Great Assembly in 926 a.d. Until that time, services were held only in Latin not being understandable to a majority of the population. Not only was this important for Croatian language and culture, but it also made Christianity stronger within the Croatian kingdom. It is said that kissing the toe of the left foot of the statue, located in Split, Croatia, brings one good luck.” The photo came from Chuck Paul of Norcross after a recent trip to this area.
Among others recognizing this mystery were Susan Shenefield, Flowery Branch; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Stan Burns, Lawrenceville; Stewart Ogilvie of Rehobeth, Ala.; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex.
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New one-mile sidewalk open on Oakbrook Parkway
Officials gathered Monday to cut the ribbon on a new one mile sidewalk on the northern side of Oakbrook Parkway, a joint project of the Gwinnett Department of Transportation and Gateway85 Community Improvement District. Among those sniping the ribbon were CID board member Hipolito Goico, Robert Mischener of Gateway85 CID, County Commissioner Ben Ku, Lewis Cooksey of Gwinnett DOT, Gwinnett 85 CID Director Emory Morsberger, Von Tran, Amber Waller, Norcross City Councilman Bruce Gaynor and Edgardo Aponte of Gwinnett DOT.
Early trick-or-treating coming this Saturday
Picnic with the police in Braselton will be Tuesday, October 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Braselton Town Green. Come and enjoy food, drinks and plenty of kid’s activities with the police.
Norcross State of the City address has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 6050 Peachtree Boulevard. Mayor Craig Newton will update those in attendance on current and future activities of the city.
Author talk and book signing is being planned for October 24 at 7 p.m. at the Norcross Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Join award-winning author Vanessa Riley as she discusses her newest mystery, Murder in Berkeley Square. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Trick or Treat Festival will be held on Saturday, October 26, from noon until 3 p.m. at the Yellow River Water Reclamation facility, 858 Tom Smith Road in Lilburn. Join Gwinnett Water Resources and multiple community partners and vendors for this annual Yellow River Trick or Treatment Fall Festival. Meet new officers of the Mountain Park Community Association.
The Deutsche Klassic German Car Show will be in downtown Norcross on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. On exhibit will be over 250 classic German cars, including BMWs, Audis, Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes, Volkswagens, and Opels. It’s a can’t-miss event for car lovers. While you admire the cars, enjoy traditional German food, beer, and live polka music. It’s a family-friendly day full of fun!
The Duluth Church Cemetery committee is hosting our first ever “Spirit of Duluth” Cemetery Tour! It will take place on Sunday, October 27, from 5 – 7 pm at the cemetery on Main Street in Downtown Duluth. In a spooky, yet historic setting, attendees will experience actors portraying people from the past and telling the stories of the ones buried there. See Duluth’s founder, Evan Howell’s grave, Georgia’s first woman mayor, Alice Strickland’s tombstone, and a Confederate soldier in his reenactment. The event is free though donations are welcome. For more information, call Kay Montgomery at 770-605-6600.
Chamberworks music: Gwinnett Symphony, chamber singers and youth orchestra will present a concert at the Norcross First Global Methodist Church, 2580 Beaver Ruin Road, on Sunday, October 27, at 5 p.m. Music featured will be Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, suite for 13 instruments. For tickets, visit GwinnettSymphony.org.
America Recycles Day is Saturday, November 2 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville from 9 a.m. until noon. This popular annual event will give locals a “one-stop-shop” opportunity to drop off items that are typically more difficult to recycle, such as electronics, tires, clothing, sneakers, and latex and oil-based paint. Paper shredding will also be available. Make plans to join the group as a volunteer or participant!
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