By Tom Taft | One of the saddest statistics in America today is the low rate of voter turnout. In the 2012 presidential election, only 57.5 percent of eligible voters turned out. That number is sobering. Even worse is having to go back to 1896 to find a rate significantly higher (79 percent). The oft-repeated reason for the low rate is that potential voters don’t think their vote will matter.
By George Wilson | The recent Congressional “hearing” of Planned Parenthood was more interrogation than a listening tour. It was political grandstanding of the worst order. Only in the US do we have a “serious” political party who spends their time and taxpayer resources attempting to legislate about their citizen’s sex lives and keep (poor) women in reproductive chains.
With the rains we’ve had in Gwinnett recently, we take you back in this picture to more beautiful times. This Mystery Photo shows of a beautiful day where people are playing croquet. See if you can figure out where this photo was taken. Note the green, the ocean, the houses, and the spectators. But where? Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: A View from Louisianan Who Lived Short Time in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Response from Readers Makes Publishing Worthwhile
ANOTHER VIEW: Land Line Customers Have Callers Who Abuse Them
FEEDBACK: Four Comments, including Two on Paris Bombings
UPCOMING: City of Suwanee Seeking Snappers in Photo Contest
NOTABLE: Little Mulberry Park in Gwinnett Honored with Award
RECOMMENDED READ: Very Good Lives by J. K. Rowling
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Association of Georgia Artists Started in Murphy Home in Savannah
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Element That Has No Handicaps
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of People Recognize Harbor in Croatia
LAGNIAPPE: Augusta DAR Project and Tourist Attraction
By Bill Long, Shreveport, La. | After retiring from college teaching in July of 2014, I moved to Duluth, Georgia, to be near family. Except for two years in Washington, D.C., where I worked in the U.S. Senate pursuing a graduate degree, and a year in Cambridge, Mass., studying at the post-doctorate level, I had resided in Louisiana where I was born and raised.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Majority of Gwinnett Citizens Now Favor Public Transit
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Unrest in Midwest Could Be Changing College Football
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Change in the U.S. Constitution for “Fairer Representation”
FEEDBACK: We’re Rewarded with Three Letters for Readers Today
UPCOMING: Two Gwinnett Properties Named as “Places in Peril” by Historic Trust
NOTABLE: GGC Dedicates Military Success Center in Memory of Deborah Reato
RECOMMENDED READ: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve by Ian Morris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Christopher Murphy Jr. Prominent Artist For Years in Savannah
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Voting Just Doesn’t Make Any Difference
MYSTERY PHOTO: What a Beautiful Photograph of a Harbor Town!
LAGNIAPPE: Vines Park Wins International Award for Grounds Maintenance
By George Wilson | When the Constitution was being written, it became necessary to make an important concession to the smaller states by giving them the same number of Senatorial positions as the larger states.
The smaller states feared domination by the larger states. Therefore, this was a compromise to get them to ratify the Constitution.
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
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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