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FOCUS: Committee spells out project categories for 2016 SPLOST vote

FOCUS: Committee spells out project categories for 2016 SPLOST vote

By Alan Chapman, Director, Gwinnett County Department of Transportation | The Citizens Project Selection Committee (CPSC) has recommended funding allocations for 10 categories of road improvements to be funded by the proposed 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

Developing these allocations was the initial task of the newly formed CPSC. If the SPLOST is approved by voters on November 8, the CPSC will reconvene to discuss project priorities to recommend to the Board of Commissioners. Projects will be selected from the list of potential projects developed in conjunction with update of the County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan.

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by · October 18, 2016 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: Defends Trump by saying women talk dirty, too

HOUSTON: Defends Trump by saying women talk dirty, too

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | It’s my firm belief that the Left created political correctness to censor the language of those who disagree with them. This is serious. We’re talking First Amendment here.

So Donald Trump spoke in colorful language within the context of what he thought was private conversation 11 years ago. Are we women so delicate and easily offended that we’d disqualify him for president over locker room talk?

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by · October 18, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Here’s a tough photo this time for you to identify

MYSTERY: Here’s a tough photo this time for you to identify

If someone correctly identifies this edition’s Mystery Photo, they should get the Identifier of the Year awards. This is a difficult Mystery Photo, since it has little in the way of distinctive features about it. But take a stab at it; your guess might be right. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · October 18, 2016 · Mystery photos
10/14: GwinnettForum’s endorsement issue, more

10/14: GwinnettForum’s endorsement issue, more

Click here to read the latest issue.
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are GwinnettForum Endorsements in 2016 Georgia Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Blames 1996 Telecom Act for Emergence of Donald Trump
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: Stay the Course, Mr. Trump, Stay the Course
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Seeks To Top 97,000 Volunteers for Great Day of Service
NOTABLE: Tree Preservation in Norcross Earns City Statewide Recognition
RECOMMENDED: In Death’s Shadow by Steve Davidson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta’s Techwood Homes First Public Housing Project in USA
TODAY’S QUOTE: A Cartoonist Sees Differences in the Way We Think
MYSTERY PHOTO: Falling Water from a Big Wheel Always Seems to Attract Photographers
CALENDAR: Sugar Rush Coming This Saturday at the Sugar Hill Bowl

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by · October 14, 2016 · elections, Full issues
POLITICS: Meet this year’s candidates

POLITICS: Meet this year’s candidates

For the 2016 General Election, GwinnettForum asked all candidates facing opposition in Gwinnett County, and also asked all statewide candidates, to provide answers to six questions. You can read their answers below by clicking on the links. Candidates with no opposition are not listed. PROFILE KEY (DNR) indicates a candidate did not respond to our interview request. (NoQ) means the […]

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by · October 14, 2016 · elections
PAYNE: Blames 1996 Telecom Act for emergence of Donald Trump

PAYNE: Blames 1996 Telecom Act for emergence of Donald Trump

By Tom Payne, Wayside, Ga. | We can draw a direct line from the 1996 Telecommunications Act (the GOP’s gift to their big business benefactors), to Rupert Murdoch, to the creation of Donald Trump. This year, Fox News is 20 years old. In 1996, Roger Ailes, the molester of women in his employ, was hired to create Fox News.

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by · October 14, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Falling water from a big wheel always seems to attract photographers

MYSTERY: Falling water from a big wheel always seems to attract photographers

Water wheels seem to attract photographers. And there’s more than one reason that this particular one is photographed so much. Tell us where you think this one is located and send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · October 14, 2016 · Mystery photos
Members of the Grayson leadership team and its leaders.

10/11: Leadership Gwinnett; Biggest taxpayers; Pence and points

Click here to read latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Leadership Gwinnett Reviews Program; Announces New Officers
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Updated 2015 List of Top Ten Taxpayers in Gwinnett County
ANOTHER VIEW: Perhaps Governor Pence Was Trying to Pick Up Cheap Political Points
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: Four Letters, Three on Politics, and One on Ancestry
UPCOMING: Here’s the Schedule As Lilburn Moves to New City Hall Soon
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Names Honorees for 2017 Heritage Medallions
RECOMMENDED: Long Way Gone by Charles Martin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Coachman Dominates High Jumping, Becomes Champion Olympian
TODAY’S QUOTE: Comparing a Reviewer using a Hot Fudge Sundae
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Buildings Usually Have Their Own Past
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Village CID Director Honored by American Society of Civil Engineers
CALENDAR: Drug Take Back Event in Snellville on October 22

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by · October 11, 2016 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Leadership Gwinnett reviews program; Announces new officers

By T. Michael Tennant, chairman, Leadership Gwinnett Foundation | As we kick off the 31st Leadership Gwinnett class year, I thought it timely to give a community update on the program, as well as news of board and officer changes at the Leadership Gwinnett Foundation.

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by · October 11, 2016 · Today's Focus
WILSON: Perhaps Pence was trying to pick up cheap political points

WILSON: Perhaps Pence was trying to pick up cheap political points

By George Wilson, contributing columnist | It’s always good to look at patterns of reasoning and behavior of candidates for public office on issues. For example, Mike Pence, as governor of the state of Indiana, issued a ruling saying that he will not allow any Syrians to be placed in the state of Indiana—with federal money. So, the states receive substantial grants from the federal government to aid in the resettlement of refugees, including Syrians.

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by · October 11, 2016 · Another View
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