By Elliott Brack | Like a hand grenade about ready to explode, the minority members of the Gwinnett Board of Education are seeking to compel veteran School Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks to resign. A widely circulated petition entitled “Termination of Employment,” comes anonymously from “We, the concerned stakeholders of Gwinnett County Public Schools” to terminate Mr. Wilbanks’ contract.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Never forgive evil, lying, and cruel means
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Updating our List of Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County
ANOTHER VIEW: He’s willing to trust the unknown future to a known God
SPOTLIGHT: Imagine Advertising and Global Signs
FEEDBACK: Many reasons why Bubba McDonald only GOP runoff survivor
UPCOMING: Gary Guan to seek Gwinnett Republican chairmanship
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC seeking youths for Washington D.C. tour
RECOMMENDED: Red Notice by Bill Browder
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Big Bethel Church is pillar of the Sweet Auburn area
MYSTERYPHOTO: Almost springtime scene is today’s Mystery Photo
JAN. 19, 2021 | A big” Hurrah!” for Gwinnett County. Two of GwinnettForum’s Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County were achieved during 2020.
Gwinnett County took action in 2020 to ban all tobacco and vaping products from Gwinnett Parks. The outright ban will not only clean up our multi-layered park system, but it makes them healthier at the same time.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville to get new themed downtown library
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Three key issues will come before Georgia Legislature this year
ANOTHER VIEW: New polling technique, deep canvassing, proving effective
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Is 14th Amendment a better way to restrict Donald Trump?
UPCOMING: Duluth’s Railway Museum plans $1 million fund campaign
NOTABLE: Dr. Andrea Mann new dean at Suwanee campus of PCOM
RECOMMENDED: The Rain in Portugal by Billy Collins
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia food and beverage firms now national companies
MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful location may offer clues
CALENDAR: MLK donation drive is Jan. 16
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett changes abound, evolutionary and revolutionary
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wednesday’s insurrection threatened USA as never before
ANOTHER VIEW: Charlotte Nash ranks among Gwinnett’s best recent leaders
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: President and his puppets need to be cleared out of office
UPCOMING: Lionheart performance of Orphans continues this week
NOTABLE: Lilburn Woman’s Club offers scholarship to 2021 female student
RECOMMENDED: Circe by Madeline Miller
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Museum of Agriculture located in Tifton at ABAC
MYSTERY PHOTO: Structure not built yesterday is today’s Mystery Photo
By Elliott Brack | Never before have I felt our United States and our democracy so threatened as I felt on Wednesday. The mobs attacking our Capitol were jeopardizing each of us and our sacred way of life, led by a deranged president who urged them on as if leading the charge, though he remained safely tucked in the White House. The fact that nearly half of the country voted for this lunatic really bothers me.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Grad returns to GGC gains job in supply chain management
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia has two Democratic Senators for the first time in years
ANOTHER VIEW: America must meet Dr. King’s message of standing for rights
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Feels six Congressmen do not represent her interest
UPCOMING: 2021 county budget is $1.91 billion, up 3.7 percent from 2020
NOTABLE: PCOM boosts healthcare workforce with 211 new “White Coats”
RECOMMENDED: How the Brain Works, published by Dorling Kindersley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Slavery was banned in Georgia Colony between 1735-1750
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive gravestone is this edition’s Mystery Photo
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TODAY’S FOCUS: President Trump’s legacy is a nightmare in American history
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Unexpected death of J. Terry Gordon shocks Gwinettians
ANOTHER VIEW: Produces List of President Trump’s Notable Accomplishments
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc
FEEDBACK: There may be light at the end of the pandemic tunnel
UPCOMING: County, GGC partnering in Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center
NOTABLE: Virtual Discussion on 14th Colony will be on January 10
RECOMMENDED: The King’s Witch by Tracy Borman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lee County growing and becoming a suburb of Albany
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out what’s going on in this dressed-up auditorium
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TODAY’S FOCUS: This year’s election was about the soul of the United States
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Even commercial jingles can be superb targeted writing
ANOTHER VIEW: Trevor Lawrence of Cartersville should get the Heisman Trophy
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Person at the South Pole would welcome correspondence
UPCOMING: Historic red oak tree in Snellville is being removed
NOTABLE: PCOM teaching the same, but Covid changes the method
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Madman and the Professor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Terry Kay was prolific Georgian author telling old-time stories
MYSTERY PHOTO: Half-timbered architecture
Editor’s Note: The next issue will be published on Jan. 5, 2020.
“It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.”
– Curmudgeon American Journalist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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