By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Gwinnett was booming along nicely in 2005 and 2006. Plans were underway to expand the Gwinnett Civic Center and its environs.
The recent recession cut expansion plans short. Finally, in 2015, we’re starting to see some movement for new facilities around this area that is more-and-more the heartbeat of the county.
By Elliott Brack | Visiting Mackinac Island, Mich., had always intrigued both my wife and me. After years of pondering the area, a time in August presented itself, and we visited. It’s on the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. We flew to Detroit, rented a car, drove north, and crossed on the every-30-minute ferry.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The big story from announcements of people qualifying to run in city elections in Gwinnett came out of Buford. It was old news, but with a twist.
There Phillip Beard will have no opposition again in the city election. In November he will re-elected chairman of both Buford City Commission and also of its School Board. That’s no surprise.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s a natural law: a pendulum, once swinging, will always reverse its course.
Sometimes, it takes forever for that pendulum to move the other way. Look at the State of Georgia, Democratic always until 2002, when the Republicans finally won the governor’s office. Up until then, the statehouse had been slowly moving toward a more conservative, Republican bent, with the GOP finally gaining control of both houses in 2004.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | One of Georgia’s most peaceful and scenic spots is just south of Helen, off Georgia Highway 75. It’s the Sautee-Nacoochee valley, highlighted by the cupola atop an Indian Mound close to the roadway, in White County, just after the road crosses the Chattahoochee River.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s great to see your former students do well. A surprise gift (Vidalia onions) from him allowed a re-connection. And this student, Ray Moses, graduating in journalism, writes so well. He uses his journalism skills in a different way today, as president of Genoa Construction, an Alpharetta-based building firm which now does business in 15 states. The firm concentrates on renovation work, but recently completed one of its biggest projects, Smithgall Woods at the new Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Gainesville.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Americans anticipating a British driving vacation face two problems: driving on the “wrong” (left) side of the road….and British roundabouts. Britain has more roundabouts as a proportion of roads than any other country. Many get confused at negotiating the roundabout, while driving in a left-side steering car gets a little more comfortable after a while.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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