By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Every now and then, something comes along that really gets under my skin. One recent letter did it. It was from a company called “HomeServe,” and listed a local post office number in Marietta to reply to. We found the firm was out of Norwalk, Conn. See if this letter gets you going …
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher, GwinnettForum | Vehicles passing stopped school buses is much more of a problem than most of us realize. At least Gwinnett’s school system is taking steps to address this situation, at no cost to your school tax bill. But only about 10 school systems in Georgia are participating in a new technology which improves school bus safety.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | When elections roll around, GwinnettForum seeks to make sense out of all the campaigning, by giving readers our recommendations in the primaries.
This task is one we do not take lightly. After talking to this year’s candidates, we feel that our choice will make the best nominee in the May 24 primary.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | While visiting Cuba last week, we didn’t get much contact with everyday Cuban people. My wife and I were on a visit with primarily American newspaper people.
Other than Cubans at our hotel and restaurants, meeting and talking with Cubans was not part of our trip to this island nation of 11 million people.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s always good to see a Gwinnett business succeeding. It’s particularly a good feeling when it is an immigrant business in diverse Gwinnett.
We recently attended the opening of CIC Floors showroom in Norcross. It’s located behind The Varsity (its address is 1756 Wilwat Drive). We felt elated to watch the family happily cut the ribbon on the business’s opening day.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | On Monday, April 18, 2016, Gwinnett County will welcome its 900,000th resident. Becoming the second most populated county in Georgia, it’s closing in on Fulton County, with 1,010,562 persons (2015). Experts say that eventually Gwinnett should be the most populated county in the state about 2030.
“Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.”
— Editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly Charles Peters (1926-2023).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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