Articles by: GwinnettForum
4/26: On artists’ driving forces; A 57-year-old organization
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TODAY’S FOCUS: What Drives the Artists to Keep “Taking a Licking” from Viewers?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What One Organization Faces After 57 Years of Operations
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Idea of a Bridge Across 141 Has Awakened Peachtree Corners as Issue
UPCOMING: County Buys New Devices to Help in Cardiac Arrest Cases
NOTABLE: GACS Announces New Roles for Four Veteran Educators
GEORGIA TIDBIT: World’s First Black Combat Aviator Was Born in Stewart County
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Doing Good in the United States Has Become
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Clues in This Round-About May Lead You to Solution
LAGNIAPPE: Rotary Honors Connie Wiggins for Her Extensive Service to Gwinnett
FOCUS: What drives the artists to keep “taking a licking” from viewers?
By Karen Burnette Garner, Dacula, Ga. | I may be showing my age, but remember the old Timex watch commercial? To display the fine workmanship and durability of the watch, the spots showcased examples of the Timex being abused in many ways, and at the end, it was always still working! The message was the product was built tough, built to last, and was a good investment (though they were, and are, very affordable.) As an artist myself, may I ask, what do we do to make our work, and ourselves, able to “take a licking and keep on ticking?”
4/22: Aurora reunites 2; Cagle’s religious liberty; letters
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TODAY’S FOCUS: I’m Not Rapport Presentation at Aurora Reunites Two Actors
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Does Cagle’s Religious Liberty Stand Hurt His 2018 Governor’s Race?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Two Views of Pedestrian Bridge in Peachtree Corners
UPCOMING: Backyard Garden Festival Coming April 24 to Environmental Center
NOTABLE: Nine Agencies Share $113,463 in Jackson EMC Foundation Grants
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Feature of Progressive Movement Was Greater Role of Woman
TODAY’S QUOTE: A Thought from Neil Armstrong on Earth Day (Today)
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Readers Spot Eiffel Tower, Taken from Underneath
LAGNIAPPE: Sandy Creek Student Wins Gwinnett Realtor’s Scholarship
BRACK: Does Cagle’s religious liberty stand hurt his 2018 governor’s chance?
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | When you anticipate running for political office, you can never tell what may throw any well-planned campaign off the tracks.
Most statewide offices are not up for grabs this year. Only the contest for a seat on the Public Service Commission is on the ballot, statewide, this year. There are three candidates for that six-year term.
4/19: Peachtree Corners bridge; New flooring showroom; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Bridge: From City-Lite to Big Government
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Immigrant Flooring Company Making Progress in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Renewal by Andersen of Atlanta
FEEDBACK: More Thoughts on North Carolina Legislation about Rest Rooms
UPCOMING: Hudgens Art Center To Hold Solo Exhibit by $50,000 Prize Winner
NOTABLE: Several Places Host Gwinnett for Early Voting through May 20
RECOMMENDED: My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah Oldest Jewish Temple in South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Former New Yorker Cartoonist Remembers His Other Careers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Metal Showing in This Mystery Photo
FOCUS: Peachtree Corners’ bridge: From city-lite to big government
By Ali Stinson | It was barely four years ago when Mike Mason was the president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association on the campaign trail to sell us all on a new concept in local government that he branded “city-lite.”
As the story went, this was a brand new form of government: a city chartered for only three services – trash collection, code enforcement, and planning and zoning. He touted a financial study that said the whole thing could be run for $750,000. It was all very simple. He promised local control of whether and where apartments would be built and cheaper trash collection.
Gwinnett Forum | July 30, 2024
“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
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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