Articles by: Elliott Brack
BRACK: Twitter shows the way, while Facebook offers no solutions
By Elliott Brack | Hurrah for Twitter! This high-tech company seems to have its head screwed on right for a change, as it announced a coming ban on all political advertisements on its site. It is doing this while still allowing political comment from its subscribers to continue, as long as it is not paid content.
BRACK: New county focus will be Revel project at Infinite Energy Center
By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum NOV. 1, 2019 | Up until 1984, Gwinnett County had no retail shopping focus. With its 15 towns then (16 now, as Peachtree Corners became its own city in 2012), no one city stood out as a mecca for retail and entertainment. Something changed all this in 1984, as Gwinnett Place Mall opened […]
BRACK: Scared early on, why I feel a certain ownership of Halloween
By Elliott Brack | From my earliest days, I‘ve always felt a certain “ownership” of Halloween. After all, it’s my birth date.
From my earliest recollection, Halloween has always scared me. Even to this day, I have no truck to watch scary television or movies nor enjoy horror stories. Why give time to something that makes you feel uncomfortable?
BRACK: Lack of announcements from Gwinnett Republicans is ironic
By Elliott Brack | Irony reigns. Read on to understand. It was a letter this week from Monte Nichols of Peachtree Corners. He asked simply: “I seem to remember that you previously listed an objective related to having a vital two party presence in the Gwinnett political scene. Is my memory correct?”
BRACK: Will election 2020 in Gwinnett be 1984 upset in reverse?
By Elliott Brack | Many of our readers may not remember what happened politically in Gwinnett in 1984. It was a major year for change in Gwinnett.
There’s reason many Gwinnettians may not remember it. That’s because in 1984 there were 226,100 people in Gwinnett. Today the population is 921,781, so another 701,681 people live here now. A majority were just not here in 1984.
BRACK: New candidate profiles for contested Gwinnett city elections
By Elliott Brack | Today GwinnettForum begins a new service for its readers, aimed at helping make good choices in contested Gwinnett city elections of November. We take this move as part of the first of our Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County, which says “High quality candidates for elective office in Gwinnett.”
On the right side of each web page, we show a “Candidate Profile” button. Click it and it will take you to a list of 52 candidates for the 12 contested city elections in Gwinnett. There are no city elections this year in Auburn, Berkeley Lake, Duluth and Rest Haven.
BRACK: Wilbanks’ good leadership is a hallmark for Gwinnett schools
By Elliott Brack | The most pressing educational difficulty Gwinnettians face is that sometime in the future, Alvin Wilbanks will face retirement from his position as school superintendent. While we look forward to Mr. Wilbanks’ continued service, we recognize this as a major potential vacancy in our future.
Gwinnett Forum | July 26, 2024
“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.”
— American Humorist James Thurber (1894 – 1961)
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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