By Elliott Brack | Observers of the Gwinnett scene know that Gwinnett County is composed of “about a million people.” People have been using this phrase in recent years as the county approached that figure. It’s getting closer to the time when the county will pass 1,000,000 residents. In fact, today we’ll come close to pinpointing the exact date it will happen.
By Elliott Brack | You don’t hear the term or see much about a “World’s Fair” these days. There are a few reasons why. Congress in 1999 saw the costs of the World’s Fair, and passed legislation banning U.S. participation in them. The last World’s Fair in these states was in 1984 in New Orleans, which proved financially disastrous. Chicago tried to attract such a fair in 1992, but that idea collapsed.
By Elliott Brack | There’s an interesting development announced last week for one Gwinnettian. Anthony Rodriguez of Duluth (above) is moving into a new position. The president and CEO of the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville has been named the first executive director of “HUB404,” a nine acre urban park conception that would be built over Georgia Highway 400 in Buckhead.
By Elliott Brack | Most Gwinnett County public officials do a good job in the offices for which they are elected. The county thrives in such an environment, and makes its citizens proud.
But every now and then, it happens that a person comes to office who, by their actions or lack of them, is not worthy of that office. When that happens, citizens should be astute enough to vote that person out of office.
By Elliott Brack | Today the entire issue of GwinnettForum will reveal our selection of the statewide and Gwinnett candidates who we feel will be the best nominees in current races of each of the political parties on May 24. We do this after talking and getting to know 75 candidates individually, and evaluating their backgrounds and their platforms. If candidates have no opposition in the primary, we do not list an endorsement, since they automatically become the nominee of that party for that office.
By Elliott Brack | There are benefits for these United States in having 50 states. Each state has its own distinctive characteristics in several ways. And each state competes in so many ways with the other 49 states. Some states are more liberal than others, and vice versa, as some states produce more far-out characters. And some states seem to hum along, not attracting a whole lot of attention. But for sure, each state keeps a keen eye on what is happening in other areas.
“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).
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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