Articles by: GwinnettForum
2/9: New GACS tower; police chases; establishment politics
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS Has New Tower Gracing Its Campus
EEB PERSPECTIVE: State Needs To Put Limits on Police Chases
ANOTHER VIEW: Both Right and Left are Dissatisfied with Establishment Politics
SPOTLIGHT: Walton EMC
FEEDBACK: More on AT&T Bureaucracy; Would Tunnel Be Better Than Bridge?
UPCOMING: Early Presidential Voting Underway at Eight Locations in Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Regional Science Fair Looking for Judges for February 26 Science Fair
RECOMMENDED: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Many Varieties of Birds Found in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something of a Philosophy from W.C. Fields
MYSTERY PHOTO: What Is This Structure Doing in the Mountain Area
LAGNIAPPE: Beavers Find Ways To Thwart Mankind’s Protective Shield
FOCUS: New tower graces campus of Greater Atlanta Christian School
By Jamie Dalton | Several years ago, a vision was cast to families of Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) as part of a $29.7 million capital campaign. A place was needed in the heart of the campus where all could see that Jesus was at the center of the school.
Many stepped forward and gave generously. This past December, GACS’s new Cross Tower and Baptismal were dedicated.
WILSON: Both right and left are dissatisfied with establishment politics
By George Wilson | Everywhere we look, the middle class is squeezed by employers who shrink benefits and pay, eliminate jobs, and fear-pressure their staff to work illegally without overtime pay. The redistribution of income to the top one percent continues unabated. Student loans in the U.S. are choking our future. Medical bankruptcies darken the days of those who most need some light. Some things are very wrong in this country, and these are principally the same things that work well for our peers in Europe and Canada.
2/5: Sugar Hill named most active city; Political outlook after Iowa
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Municipal Association Names Sugar Hill State’s Most Active City
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Political Outlook after the Iowa Voting
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.
FEEDBACK: Several Views Concerning Norcross Community Garden
UPCOMING: 15th Annual NE Georgia Boy Scouts To Honor Three from Gwinnett
NOTABLE: George Pearce Park in Suwanee To Get New Gymnasium
RECOMMENDED READ: The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Several Individuals Contribute to History of Birds in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Church Bulletin Board Finds Way To Show Allegiance
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to Figure Out Where This Guy Is Fishing
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Wildlife: One Beautiful Red Shouldered Hawk
FOCUS: City of Sugar Hill named most active Georgia city by GMA
By Vanessa Butts | The City of Sugar Hill has been named by the Georgia Municipal Association as the Most Active City among Georgia’s 530 cities. This honor comes on the heels of another distinction. Sugar Hill was also awarded the American Heart Association’s award for worksite Innovation and is a “Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite.”
2/2: Duluth’s festival award; telephone frustrations; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: City of Duluth Wins Award for Best Festival in Southeast
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Frustrations When Dealing with Certain Bureaucratic Utilities
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: More on Community Gardens and Bridge Across Peachtree Parkway
UPCOMING: Stone Mountain Barbershop Quartet Offers Singing Valentines
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Certified as Green Community by ARC
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Occupied on Netflix
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Long Term Effect of Yazoo Fraud Led to Trail of Tears
TODAY’S QUOTE: Even Darrow Recognized Anybody Can Be President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful Mountain and Lake Scene Awaits Your Discernment
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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