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NEW for 9/6: Johns Creek symphony; Mulberry candidates; letters
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Johns Creek Symphony starts season on October 5
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Handy for Mulberry election: information on candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Wants to know when absentee votes are counted
UPCOMING: Ribbon-cutting Friday kicks off Norcross Microtransit
NOTABLE: Police headquarters building to get redesign
RECOMMENDED: City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Carroll County’s Banning Mill now an event center
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if you can identify this classic building
LAGNIAPPE: Well ahead of schedule, it’s Zombie Time!
CALENDAR: Public Safety Fall Festival at Coolray Field on September 7
NEW for 9/3: On Project 2025, language, immigration, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Project 2025 report could dictate next Trump years
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Topics: sororities, our language and church attendance
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: The border is closed, or is it really?
FEEDBACK: Immigrant family finds difficulty in citizen laws
UPCOMING Sixteen candidates seek Mulberry council
NOTABLE: Mural under I-85 at Sugarloaf bridge complete
RECOMMENDED: Julep Farms Kitchen in Dillard
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Disciples of Christ started in Georgia in the early 1800s
MYSTERY PHOTO: An American scene is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Citizenship Preparation Class at Dacula Library soon
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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