By Elliott Brack | Please understand up front that we know few people who are well-versed about the country of Ukraine. Certainly, we are not in that category. Yet just watching the news reports, and reading the dispatches about the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, certain elements pop out at us:
By Elliott Brack | Don’t you just love it when someone bows out with class and poise? It might happen anywhere, and whoever it is gains new stature because of their grace under dire circumstances. This week we saw one person departing an Atlanta career with distinction. We’re talking about former Atlanta Falcon Quarterback Matt Ryan, who was summarily traded to the Indianapolis Colts after 14 seasons in Atlanta.
By Elliott Brack | Let me invite GwinnettForum readers to join me on a quest that will tell us more about Gwinnett. See if you can come up with what is the oldest business in your city under continuous operations, and try to figure out, too, which is the oldest business in Gwinnett. You see, no governmental agency keeps tabs of businesses that way. We’ll just have to figure it out.
By Elliott Brack | This year is going to be a hot season in Gwinnett politically, as 117 persons are candidates for local office. Wow. So many! Lots of offices have several candidates. Out of all the many seats open, four legislative candidates have no opposition at all, meaning they’ll be back for the 2023 General Assembly without having to pound the pavement for votes.
By Elliott Brack | It was an on-the-ropes bathtub manufacturer, not doing too well. But when the used car salesman, former Lockheed machinist and a guy who enjoyed tinkering took over the Duluth company, things looked up. You see, J.C. Henry had a way of fixing things, and first thing you know, his newly-acquired company, then known as Mr. Tubs, took off.
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett voters will elect two members of the school board in 2022, and this vote will be in a nonpartisan election. However, we feel the change in the law to require a nonpartisan election is flawed. You see, the people writing the new regulations never considered the best way to have a nonpartisan election. They just went along with the requirements in the only other non-partisan election in Gwinnett, where judges are elected.
By Elliott Brack | What a tremendous life Jones Webb of Lawrenceville lived! He was a community builder, led numerous civic organizations, was an accomplished attorney, had been a veteran of three services (the Army, the Marines and the Navy) and he thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the great outdoors.
By Elliott Brack | Nine months out from the 2022 General Election in Georgia, let’s consider two large statewide political races, for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s office.
But recognize: this is an assessment made in late February. Many new circumstances can pop up in the next months that can dramatically change these long-range observations.
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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