Articles by: Elliott Brack
BRACK: New Jersey residents must stand in awe of Georgia taxpayers
By Elliott Brack | Those of you who don’t like to pay high property taxes ought to be pleased you don’t live in New Jersey. That state has the distinction of having the highest property tax in the nation. Residents of that state pay property tax at a rate of 2.13 percent. Property tax owners in Georgia pay at a rate of 0.87 percent, right in the middle (25th) of all the states.
BRACK: Help the shooting problem: Close the bars an hour earlier
By Elliott Brack | People around Atlanta, and really our whole country, are perplexed about what communities can do to prevent more deaths in shootings. Shootings take place hither and yon all around our country. We have seen the shootings of downtown Atlanta expand to the suburbs, including Gwinnett County.
BRACK: Here’s why Edward Stack of New York is my hero
By Elliott Brack | Though I had never heard of Edward Stack before, he’s a hero of mine. Mr. Stack died recently at age 88 in New York. He had served for 60 years in leadership roles of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, ending as president and chairman. And he’s my hero because he’s the person who is responsible for keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame because of his gambling addiction.
BRACK: 14th Amendment could come into play with debt crisis
By Elliott Brack | Much of the talk in Washington these days is about whether the Democrats and Republicans can come together with an agreement to raise the national debt limit. If that doesn’t happen, it could mean that our nation will default on its debt. That’s never happened in the 227 years of our country.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 26, 2024
“Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.”
— Editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly Charles Peters (1926-2023).
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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