Articles by: Elliott Brack

Some of the candidates running for election in the new city of Mulberry.  Click to meet the candidates.

BRACK: Handy for Mulberry election: Information on candidates

By Elliott Brack | Coming up this fall, voters in the boundaries of the new City of Mulberry will elect five councilmen. Those elected in turn, will decide among themselves who will be their presiding officer, or mayor.

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by · September 6, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: On sororities, our language and church attendance   

BRACK: On sororities, our language and church attendance   

By Elliott Brack |  We read this the other day from the Fitzgerald, Ga., newspaper, the Herald-Leader, coming from Editor Tim Anderson. We thought it was interesting. Here’s what Tim had to say about higher education in Alabama. 

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by · September 3, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Caroline and Bryan Ginn at a retirement breakfast. Behind them are Dr. Tim Poole and Dr. Julie Wickman, both with the School of Pharmacy. Provided.

BRACK: Ginn is retiring from Suwanee medical school

By Elliott Brack | Bryan Ginn of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has retired as of today as the chief campus officer of the Suwanee medical school, and its sister campus in Moultrie.

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by · August 30, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Gawande

BRACK: Reading this book made me change my priorities

By Elliott Brack  |  Every now and then, a book changes your life. Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande, did just that for me.

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by · August 27, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Comparing newspapers in three major cities

BRACK: Comparing newspapers in three major cities

By Elliott Brack  |  Yes, to our dismay, newspapers are nowhere near what they once were. They have lost revenue, readers and scope. They are no longer respected for timely reporting of the key local news, primarily because many are no longer “daily” publications. 

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by · August 23, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Mason

BRACK: New book about county has wisdom from Wayne Mason

By Elliott Brack  |  There’s a new book out about Gwinnett County in the modern era that traces one of the key families of the county’s recent development, the Masons. Much of the book is focused on Wayne Mason, with significant information about his partner and brother, the late Jimmy Mason.

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by · August 20, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Two Gwinnett cities among nation’s safest suburbs

BRACK: Two Gwinnett cities among nation’s safest suburbs

By Elliott Brack |  Two of Gwinnett cities are among the safest suburbs to live in the nation, according to SmartAsset’s ranking. The City of Dacula ranks sixth safest, and the City of Buford is right behind it as seventh safest place to live in the top 360 suburbs in the nation.

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by · August 16, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Duncan.  Credit: Jeremy Harwell - Harwell Photography

BRACK: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan continues to surprise us

By Elliott Brack | One of the most interesting and outspoken political operatives in Georgia is former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan of Cumming. We’ve never met him, but Geoff Duncan keeps coming up with positions that are distinctive, often original, and must certainly confuse some Republicans, and make other Republicans mad.

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by · August 13, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
This is a blue 1946 Ford coupe, a  two-door version of the similar deluxe sedan.  Via Wikipedia

BRACK: Will those bright new blue automobile colors fade?

By Elliott Brack  |  My Uncle Charles Pharis was a many-year veteran of the U.S. Navy as a chief petty officer. He had served in 1926 in The Sand Pebbles insurrection in China. He was discharged with a medical condition, but lived another 11 years in Macon.

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by · August 6, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Catherine Brack

BRACK: Our daughter Catherine fought a terrific battle

By Elliott Brack  |  It has been a difficult time watching our daughter, Catherine, die. Neither Barbara nor I had been with someone who was dying before our eyes. Though we knew that with her six-year battle with cancer she was moving toward death, we will never be over it.

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by · August 2, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective