Articles by: GwinnettForum
3/8: Muslim groups; Demise of GOP?; European trek
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Understanding the Differences in Muslim Organizations
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Could 2016 Be the Year for the Death of the Republican Party?
ANOTHER VIEW: Traveling Gwinnettian Learning as He Treks Through Europe
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Wants More Sidewalks from Subdivisions to the Parks
UPCOMING: Changes Coming to Braselton Farmer’s Market, which Opens in June
NOTABLE: Supporters Give $50,000 to Renovated Media Center at Norcross High
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Women Become Famous With Astonishing Vaudeville Acts
TODAY’S QUOTE: Lewis Grizzard Could Be Poetic, Too
MYSTERY PHOTO: What? This Library Does Not Contain Any Books?
KHAN: Understanding the differences in Muslim organizations
By Ayesha Allison Khan | Whenever someone asks me what the difference between Ahmadi Muslims and other Muslims, the answer lies in leadership. When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, declared that he was the Second Coming of Jesus, the Promised Messiah, the Muslims who had admired his defense of Islam previously, suddenly turned into enemies.
MYSTERY: Mills once most important to America’s communities
Milling machines were once most important in rural America, as most good size communities had at least one mill. They were also favorite meeting places for outings, with the nearby water beckoning swimming. Today they are favorites of photographers. Can you figure out where this mill is? If so, send your idea to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
3/4: Rail museum activities; political races; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lots of Activities Coming Up at Duluth’s Southeastern Rail Museum
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here We Go Again: Total of 60 State and Local Offices Open This Year
ANOTHER VIEW: WXIA Tells Position of Senator Unterman and Her Employment
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: One Goldwater Republican Plans To Sit Out Presidential Election
UPCOMING: Plant and Wildflower Symposium in Tifton
NOTABLE: Scouts Provide City of Suwanee with Multiple Projects
RECOMMENDED: Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Marquis de Lafayette, 67, Completes 400 Mile Trek across Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Way That The Right Looks Upon the Left
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical Building Seems Imposing; Just Where Is It?
FOCUS: Bundle of activities coming up at Duluth’s Southeastern Rail Museum
By Randy Pirkle | Spring is coming… here is your sneak peek ahead for activities at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth.
The Southeastern Railway Museum’s annual Caboose Days event on April 2-3 will offer all sorts of activities for kids, and adults alike. Among the activities will be a caboose hunt, food, a kids’ craft corner, caboose slide show, temporary caboose tattoos, and rides on a restored antique handcar, which are often featured on special days.
WILSON: WXIA-TV tells position of Senator Unterman and employment
By George Wilson | Wikipedia states that “Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other forms of state interventionism.”
3/1: On centrists, Trump and Apple
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TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s Sometimes Difficult to Think Like a Centrist
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Is Trump Candidacy on Target, Much Like Reagan Came On?
ANOTHER VIEW: Government Argument for Apple Master Key Is a Trojan Horse
SPOTLIGHT: The IMPACT! Group
FEEDBACK: On Political Bullying, Low-Level Jobs and Another Way To Help a Charity
UPCOMING: Apartments, Hotel Coming to Sugarloaf at Lakes Parkways Area
NOTABLE: Great American Clean-Up Opens; New Logo for Art-on-River
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Court of Appeals Began Because of Workload of Supreme Court
TODAY’S QUOTE: Achieving Excellence Grows from Little Matters and Attitude
MYSTERY PHOTO: In the Bright Sunshine, Just What Type of Building Is This?
LAGNIAPPE: Pink Magnolia Signals Spring
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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