Articles by: Elliott Brack

BRACK: Settlement against for-profit college firm is good for nation

BRACK: Settlement against for-profit college firm is good for nation

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Every now and then a big-time civil settlement makes sense and is good for our country. Recently the government brought suit against Education Management Corporation, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., which operated several for-profit colleges. The government maintained that the company was violating rules on paying incentives to employees for signing up unqualified students for Pell grant assistance to attend their schools.

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by · December 15, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Take a look at Gwinnett County’s largest taxpayers

BRACK: Take a look at Gwinnett County’s largest taxpayers

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Gwinnett’s largest taxpayers are firms with multiple locations in the county. Georgia Power Company paid the most taxes in Gwinnett, $4.5 million, followed by Publix with $3.9 million and Wal-Mart with $3.5 million. This is followed by t15.elliottbrackhe Mall of Georgia, being taxed at $3.2 million.

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by · December 11, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Would deadlocked GOP convention turn to someone not running?

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | This election season has produced a bumper crop of candidates for the Republican nomination, but just a few seeking the Democratic nomination. After some dropouts in both parties, the list now stands at 11 Republican and three Democrats still running.

While we question whether Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination, she is moving closer to locking it up.

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by · December 1, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: One year away, independent voters may carry heavy sway

BRACK: One year away, independent voters may carry heavy sway

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Here we are nearly a year away from the national election in November 2016. The year 2015 has been a boisterous pre-election year at least for the Republican candidates, while the quieter Democrats have honed their list of candidates to three people.

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by · November 20, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Response from readers make publishing GwinnettForum worthwhile

BRACK: Response from readers make publishing GwinnettForum worthwhile

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Sometimes I wonder why I continue to publish GwinnettForum. I’ve said before that at least it extends my life through this participation with the wider community. Thank you for allowing me to do this, and from responding from time to time.

Every now and then, I get a noteworthy comment comes from a reader, and it makes me proud to publish these thoughts and ideas, so that you, the other readers, can benefit from their viewpoints.

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by · November 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Unrest in Midwest and how modern day is changing football

BRACK: Unrest in Midwest and how modern day is changing football

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Take any given Saturday in the fall. It demonstrates how instilled college football is in our country. Many people plan their entire fall Saturdays on the basis of where their favorite college football team is playing.

Though years ago many thought the arrival of televised football would hurt actual attendance at stadiums, just the opposite is true. Stadiums remain full, while television has greatly expanded interest in football.

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by · November 13, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Lilburn resident wins council post with less than majority vote

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There was one surprising vote from last week’s city elections in Gwinnett. One candidate, in Lilburn, went into office without a majority of the vote. He is Brian Burchik, who won a seat on the Lilburn Council with 48.1 percent of the vote. Lilburn, as far as we can tell, is the only city in Gwinnett where candidates can win an election with a plurality of the vote.

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by · November 10, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Big relief felt in E-SPLOST vote despite small turnout

BRACK: Big relief felt in E-SPLOST vote despite small turnout

By Elliott Brack | Relief!

That’s what Gwinnett Countians should be feeling as the results of the 2015 E-SPLOST voting were announced. A small minority of the voters (only 7.09 percent, a record low) of Gwinnett thought enough of their county and the school system to go out and approve a one cent continuation of sales taxes for school purposes. That’s an awfully low number voting.

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by · November 6, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Commission took a first step; now regulate bars more closely

BRACK: Commission took a first step; now regulate bars more closely

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Up through World War II and to about 1950, Gwinnett County was a relatively quiet, rural community merely near Atlanta. Then with the beginning of growth of Atlanta, Gwinnett began to see its own growth, though early on it was incidental, not wide open as it became later.

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by · November 3, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: More reasons to vote to keep E-SPLOST sales tax

BRACK: More reasons to vote to keep E-SPLOST sales tax

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Because the continuation of a penny sales tax for education is the only item on the county-wide ballot on next Tuesday, November 3, there is some concern that a low turnout could see the proposition fail.

We hope not. Please vote for the proposition, and also take someone to the polls with you for them to vote.

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by · October 30, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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