Articles by: Elliott Brack

BRACK: Gwinnett Republican Party mighty silent on upcoming transit vote

BRACK: Gwinnett Republican Party mighty silent on upcoming transit vote

By Elliott Brack |  Is the Gwinnett Republican Party vital in this county any more? Have they given up?

Since 1984, no matter where you stand, you have to give the Republican Party good grades for helping its candidates win office. In many instances, the Republicans recruited potential candidates and readied them for service. As a result, the party kept seeing their candidates win races. They were ready to serve. Many of those that the party brought along are still serving in political offices of the county today.

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by · March 1, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Do you turn off the “lights” when you leave a room?

BRACK: Do you turn off the “lights” when you leave a room?

By Elliott Brack | Most of us have everyday habits, some good, some bad.

Some of those habits go back to childhood, and can be beneficial to us now.

For instance, back in the late 1930s, when the Rural Electrification Administration was beginning to loan the funds for the wiring of rural America, many of those first homes merely had “lights,” to provide illumination for a single room.

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by · February 26, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: An open letter to  Sen. Renee Unterman

By Elliott Brack | FEB. 22, 2019  — Now, Renee. Don’t run for the Seventh District seat in Congress.

Gwinnett County, Buford, and the state need you in the Georgia Senate, where you will remain much more effective than you would as a freshman representative in the House of Representatives in Washington.

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by · February 22, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: It’s not always easy to be fair to all in the media business

BRACK: It’s not always easy to be fair to all in the media business

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s not always easy to be fair.

Sometimes in attempting to be fair, you are skewing the process, and before you realize it, you are either being not fair, or over-fair.

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by · February 19, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Go for it, Jeff Bezos; Take on the slimy National Enquirer

FEB. 12, 2019  |  When you think of the higher elements of our American democracy, terms harking back to the Declaration of Independence easily come to mind: “Freedom,” “Liberty” and the “Pursuit of happiness.”  With these thoughts extended, you soon remember many positive aspects, such as “The American way,” “Getting the job done,” and our “Can-do attitude.”

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by · February 12, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: High school girls flag football completes first season in Gwinnett

BRACK: High school girls flag football completes first season in Gwinnett

By Elliott Brack   |  Gwinnett County has a new sport for high schools, girls flag football. Each of all 19 high schools of the Gwinnett County Public Schools fielded a seven-woman team last year, with Peachtree Ridge High coming out the county winner in a playoff over Grayson, 20-0. The Gwinnett public schools offer the only girls high school flag football program in the state.

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by · February 8, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: It appears to me that the City of Buford is getting  a bum rap

BRACK: It appears to me that the City of Buford is getting  a bum rap

By Elliott Brack | From what I know, I think the people of Buford are getting a bum rap.

Buford is a good place to live, lots of people know. It has a tremendous community spirit. Its people are top notch, and recognize that being a resident of Buford is something of which to be proud.

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by · February 5, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: New mayor of Dacula already has 10 years on city council

By Elliott Brack | When the Dacula City Council voted to name a replacement for the late Mayor Jim Wilbanks, they picked someone not an elected city councilman. However, he was the present chair of the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

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by · February 1, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: There’s no one in the South filling the void that Ralph McGill left

By Elliott Brack | |  It’s fulfilling and fun to go back and re-read some of what you have read before. Heading for a doctor’s appointment, and not having a book for the waiting room, at the GwinnettForum office I pulled from the shelf a small book from more than 50 years ago. Its title was “The Fleas Come with the Dog,” by the late editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Ralph McGill, a giant of a man.

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by · January 25, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: It’s good to have seen 4 citizens serve Gwinnett well

BRACK: It’s good to have seen 4 citizens serve Gwinnett well

By Elliott Brack | Deaths seem to come in bunches. In the last week or so, we’ve been to two funerals, had a funeral conflict with another and missed one. All four of the recent deceased made a lasting impression on us, and on Gwinnett County.

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by · January 22, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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