Elliott Brack’s Perspective
BRACK: One publisher has new policy: Rejecting some political ads
By Elliott Brack | Georgia’s runoff election put the state in the political spotlight. With the way political campaigns work, it also targeted the state for a barrage of political advertising that the two Senate runoff candidates generated. Boy, did they fund them! And boy, did we all get tired of them!
BRACK: Reflecting on the 2022 Senate race and thinking of 2032
By Elliott Brack | There was a big, nearly audible sound throughout the major centers of population in Georgia Tuesday night when the U.S. Senate race was called for Raphael Warnock. Some may have thought that they heard a similar sigh out of Washington, since the Georgia results will make governing our nation a little easier.
BRACK: Big surprise — Georgia already has partial ranked-choice voting!
By Elliott Brack | If Georgia used the same method of voting that Maine and Alaska do, Georgians would have already settled who would have been elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 from our state. There would have been no runoff election for the Senate. Georgians wouldn’t have the continuation of political advertising bombarding us.
BRACK: The slow-cranking vehicle and dodging a bullet
By Elliott Brack | Sometimes you get lucky and dodge a bullet. There I was, in a shopping center parking lot, and my vehicle had a slight pause in starting. Then it slowly cranked and I moved the gear from park…..but what? Instead of a smooth sliding into readiness, the gear was hard to move, and felt heavy handed.
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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