By Heather Loveridge, Dacula, Ga. | The third annual Christmas in Dacula, to be held on December 3 from 12-8 p.m., will be hosted by Hebron Church, located on the corner of Fence and Dacula Roads. The 2016 Christmas promises to provide even more family fun than last year’s event. Presented by the Dacula Business Association and the City of Dacula, the 2015 Christmas in Dacula drew close to 10,000 attendees.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Had Clinton Won Florida and Wisconsin, She Would Be President-Elect
EEB PERSPECTIVE: He’s Our Nation’s New President; We Wish Donald Trump Solid Success
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump Has No Mandate; United States Remains a Divided Country
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Likes Forum Vetting Candidates and Giving Readers’ Recommendations
UPCOMING: Celebrate America Recycles Day at Coolray Field on November 19
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Parks Wins State’s Top Award Among Big Counties
RECOMMENDED: White Trash: by Nancy Isenberg
GEORGIA TIDBIT: With Talmadge Looming, Senator George Decided Against Candidacy
TODAY’S QUOTE: About Hate and the People We Don’t Know
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two or Three Dead Giveaway Clues in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Canadian Consul General Visits Georgia Gwinnett Campus
By Andy Brack, Charleston, S.C. | Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged?
Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered just over 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the country, won the electoral college, we wouldn’t hear the end of the election being rigged.
By George Wilson, contributing columnist | Like a former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and the Brexit crowd, Donald Trump tapped into a large number of people who are legitimately upset over the failure of status quo governments to deal with the economic fallout from the loss of jobs to the second and third world countries.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three Proposals for Improving the Life in Gwinnett County
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats in Gwinnett Ran Much Stronger Than in Years Before
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Thoughts in Defending Hillary Clinton after the Election
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Two Distinct Reflections Concerning the 2016 Election
UPCOMING: Norcross Merchant Open House To Be This Saturday, November 12
NOTABLE: Suwanee Launches Open Data Budget Website for Transparency
RECOMMENDED: Anna Ruby Falls and the Richard Russell Scenic Highway
GEORGIA TIDBIT: FDR Opposes George’s Re-Election; George Backs FDR on WWII
TODAY’S QUOTE: Deep Thinking from the Mind of Yogi Berra
MYSTERY PHOTO: No Drought Going on Where This Mystery Photograph Was Made
CALENDAR: Author Mary Alice Monroe will appear November 19 in Peachtree Corners
By Pat Boone, Duluth, Ga. | A resident of Gwinnett for three years, here are the three suggestions I have for improving the county.
First, the county should raise the littering fine, and make it a dollar amount or as an alternative, allow the litterer to pick up trash. For example, let them decide to pay $1,000 or 10 hours picking up trash. It’s been my experience that people who pick up other people’s trash stop littering.
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | Let’s start this by defending Mrs. Clinton a bit. Her year to run for president was 2008. She was younger and prettier, less caustic and healthier. Her record as New York senator was positive. She didn’t have the baggage that serving as secretary of state brought her. The Dems decided they didn’t want her so they threw her out like old bathwater. Not unlike the way they threw out Bernie Sanders this time.
Wherever this Mystery Photograph was taken, you can tell that that area had plenty of rain, and the area was not like what many of us in North Georgia through North Florida are experiencing with the drought. The last significant rain in Gwinnett was September 18, moving closer to two months of no rain. Enough dry thoughts! If you can figure out this photo puzzle, send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
“You may not know who I am or what I mean
But I will be good faith to you nevertheless.
And filter and fiber your soul.
“Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged.
Missing me one place, search another.
I stop, somewhere, waiting for you.”
– Walt Whitman
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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