By Elliott Brack | With all the leaks about upcoming cases out of the U.S. Supreme Court, it’s not beyond reason that another disclosure of inside information could come out of the court.
By Elliott Brack | Watching presidential debates is not high on my agenda. Most years, these debates do little for real news, and serve mostly as arguments between the vying candidates. But for 2024, I sat for nearly two hours and listened to Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
By Elliott Brack | It’s discouraging, and we hate to bring it up, but Gwinnettians do not take voting very seriously, at least in the recent primary and its runoff. We make this deduction after looking at how many people voted in these 2024 elections.
By Elliott Brack | A Gwinnett resident has been named to a three year term on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees. He is Jeff Hopper of Norcross, who has been a member for 12 years, and has served on the board previously.
By Elliott Brack | Here’s something different today. Let’s go back in time with Mark Twain, and one of our all-time favorite books. What’s Mark Twain’s bestselling book? You might be surprised. It’s not Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn.
By Elliott Brack | There’s a new book out from a Gwinnett native and retired middle school math teacher who remembers wonderful stories of growing up in Norcross in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Early into the book, you’ll be smiling as you read it.
By Elliott Brack | It’s good to see young people achieve their goals. Mamie Pridgen, 19, a recent graduate of Wesleyan School, had a goal. She wanted to become a U.S. Navy officer, and set a path for achieving that goal.
By Elliott Brack | What’s the origin of the holiday we have just observed, Memorial Day? History tells us that it was women in Columbus, Ga. who were the leaders in Americans today observing Memorial Day.
By Elliott Brack | If there is one thing you can count on, for sure you always see bad driving on our roadways virtually every time you go out in your automobile. Highways are always dangerous.
“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.”
—American columnist and humorist Erma Bombeck (1927-1996).
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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