By Elliott Brack | Christmas carols are a joy of the season. Ever think about how very diverse these songs are, coming from all parts of the Western world?
We got to thinking about carols and where they came from, often from many lands. Many come from England, though other countries contribute their share. How very diverse these songs are, coming from all parts of the Western world?
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett’s Bicentennial year will be over Saturday. It’s been a time of celebration with much more happening around this theme than was anticipated.
Saturday will feature the last two big planned events. Starting at 10 a.m., and continuing until 2 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth will the 200th birthday celebration.
By Elliott Brack | DEC. 4, 2018 | Hurrah for Lucy McBath of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District! We predict she’ll do well in the Congress.
Being a new Congressperson cannot be easy. After all, there’s a tremendous amount of difference between being a candidate for Congress, and then of about dealing with constituents from afar, about living in Washington, and maneuvering around all this morass.
By Elliott Brack | NOV. 30, 2018 | Past GwinnettForum readers are familiar with Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. She has diligently contributed ideas to this site for years, and has been long known as a prolific reader.
We bring this up today as Susan in this issue contributes her 100th recommendation, more submissions than any other reader. Here’s how it came about.
By Elliott Brack | The hullabaloo over voter fraud all across the country, we suspect, is much ado about not much. Yet here in Georgia, we’ve heard of some who say they were, in one way or another, blocked from voting. Most election officials are upright citizens, and wouldn’t stand for it if they suspected fraud.
By Elliott Brack | NOV. 13, 2018 | Leaving politics alone, today we’ll catch up with some notes we’ve put aside in the last few days.
WHAT A GOOD IDEA! We refer to the Braselton Trolley, which began operations last week. With the development of what is now the Town of Braselton basically developing along one axis, Georgia Highway 53, the trolley serves to help bring the community together.
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”
— American novelist, satirist, and poet Erica Jong (1942 – ).
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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