Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Recent college football season gave us much joy

BRACK: Recent college football season gave us much joy

By Elliott Brack  |  “You betcha,” as they say at North Dakota State, we enjoyed the college football games on television this year.  Now we look forward to Monday night’s championship final.  We just wish Alabama had made it to the finals. They seemed on the ascendancy, but played poorly in the Rose Bowl.

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by · January 5, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Throw out this 47-year-old coat?  Why it won’t happen

BRACK: Throw out this 47-year-old coat?  Why it won’t happen

By Elliott Brack  |  How often do you throw old items out?  Some of us may not do it often enough.  As a nation, we save a lot of worthless items. This sometimes shows in our offices, in homes, even for towns.  You often see far too much junk. 

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by · January 2, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Our Christmas season is brightened by its music

BRACK: Our Christmas season is brightened by its music

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? Many come from England, though other countries contribute their share. 

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by · December 22, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
The latest map puts Gwinnett in four congressional districts.

BRACK: Maps, breweries, nursing homes, NCAA and two losses 

By Elliott Brack  |  The recently passed map by the Statehouse of Georgia state and federal legislative districts will be getting judicial scrutiny.  Republicans might brace themselves from not doing enough to make the districts equitable. If untenable, a special master must re-do the districts.

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by · December 19, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Regulate activity at bars in early morning hours

BRACK: Regulate activity at bars in early morning hours

By Elliott Brack – Consider, if you will, what sort of activity goes on in Gwinnett between the hours of 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. How about this description: “Not much good!”

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by · December 15, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Harrell

BRACK: Remembering a close friend of 60 years

By Elliott Brack  |  The first business partner I had died at age 96 last week. How lucky I was to have been associated with him all these years! 

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by · December 12, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Workers erecting steel products.  Photos provided.

BRACK: Porter Steel Company now operating with second generation 

By Elliott Brack  |  A Lilburn firm which began in 1983, now has a second generation guiding its operations. The company is Porter Steel Company, which has expanded greatly and now has 90 employees erecting steel and making steel products for clients across the Southeast.

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by · December 8, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Courts don’t operate for the convenience of defendants

BRACK: Courts don’t operate for the convenience of defendants

By Elliott Brack  |  Ever occur to you that the United States court system does not operate for  the convenience of the defendants, civil or criminal? Donald Trump and his attorneys seem to think otherwise. 

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by · December 5, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Carden

BRACK: Commission takes unusual action of reprimanding a member

By Elliott Brack  |  Gwinnett County Commission took an unusual move at its November 14 meeting. It reprimanded one of its own members, County Commissioner Kirkland Carden.  Even more interestingly, the commission voted 4-0 on the reprimand in spite of an Ethics Panel recommendation that the commission take no action on the complaint against Carden.

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by · December 1, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: American judicial system offers plenty of “wiggle room”

BRACK: American judicial system offers plenty of “wiggle room”

By Elliott Brack   |  There’s a passage in Rachel Maddow’s new book, Prequel, which really stunned me. … The passage concerns the American judicial system, which many think is unequaled in the world. 

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by · November 28, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective