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?
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?”
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.
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.
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.
By Elliott Brack | It is one of the darkest moments in Gwinnett history. Three Gwinnett County policemen were gunned down with their own weapons and left handcuffed together and found the morning of April 17, 1964, just off Beaver Ruin Road. As a result, Gwinnett got the reputation as an unsafe, lawless and backward county.
By Elliott Brack | Back in the early days of development in Gwinnett, finally out of frustration I took to hauling around a shovel in the trunk of a 1974 green wide-track Pontiac. Why? Well, in that early era of development in Gwinnett, there were few groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings, and on two occasions, when going to a groundbreaking, of all things, no one thought to bring a shovel.
By Elliott Brack | The state of Georgia and the City of Dahlonega, in particular, dodged a bullet last weekend, when a highly-publicized protest rally fizzled into nothing. Georgians were for the most part smart enough to stay away from the rally, while the presence of an amazing volunteer army of 600 Georgia peace officers ensured the city remained calm.
“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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