Elliott Brack’s Perspective

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BRACK: Modern world can’t get along without electricity,  batteries

By Elliott Brack  |  First came Ben Franklin, establishing a connection between lightning and electricity. Then Alessandro Volta developed the early battery. Soon Michael Faraday developed electric motor technology. George Ohm mathematically analyzed the electrical circuit. Many others made their own contributions to modern electricity, notably among them Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Werner von Siemens, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. 

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by · April 9, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Could the voting limits take down a sitting governor?

By Elliott Brack  |  You wonder if Gov. Brian Kemp sealed his political future last week when he signed the new voter suppression bill almost immediately after it passed the Legislature, a knee-jerk reaction if we have ever seen one.

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by · April 6, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Symphony performance with granddaughter was great fun

By Elliott Brack |  Presented with two tickets to the symphony, we jumped at the offer. After all, we had not been in attendance at anything much at all during the pandemic, except for two special outdoor church services. 

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by · April 2, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Flap develops over cost of collecting Gwinnett city taxes

BRACK: Flap develops over cost of collecting Gwinnett city taxes

By Elliott Brack  |  Out of nowhere, a change in the way the new Gwinnett Tax Commissioner wants to charge eight Gwinnett cities for her work in collecting municipal taxes has developed.

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by · March 30, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Johnny Day enjoys an HO Gauge model railroad that was built by his father in a separate back yard Train House.

BRACK: Check out the 100-year-old bungalow restored in Norcross

By Elliott Brack |  A 1917 Norcross bungalow got a new owner nearly 100 years after it was built, and has been beautifully remodeled by Johnny Day.  This Thrasher Street house was built by William McElroy, who ran a coal business in the area. He is an ancestor of S.T. McElroy, who ran a lumber company in Norcross.

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by · March 26, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Can Gwinnett’s high quality school program continue?

Can Gwinnett’s high quality school program continue?

By Elliott Brack  |  Last week’s discharge of School Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks from his post leading the Gwinnett County Board of Education came as no surprise. The Black majority on the board made good on its promise to voters to replace him. 

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by · March 23, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Come together, Georgia, to stop these senseless shootings

By Elliott Brack  |  The senseless shooting rampage that killed eight Georgians this week tears at your very being. It horrifies us. Can’t we as a people do better than that?

It seems  that shootings in America, and now in Georgia, are beginning to be routinely expected. Each week gives new accounts: 

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by · March 19, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: C’mon, Lawrenceville, don’t develop Crogan-Clayton corner

BRACK: C’mon, Lawrenceville, don’t develop Crogan-Clayton corner

By Elliott Brack   |  The City of Lawrenceville may be on the verge of defaming a facility of which they should be most proud. This county seat government has before it what is described as a “feeler proposal” to develop a sliver of land next to the now-just-about-completed Cultural Arts Center at the intersection of Clayton and Crogan Streets.  A sign on the property indicates both businesses and condos are being considered, with the location potentially to be called “The Winn, East Crogan Street Lofts.” The property measures 70 x 300 feet.

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by · March 16, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Hayes auto dealership in Lawrenceville marks 50 years in business

Hayes auto dealership in Lawrenceville marks 50 years in business

By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum MARCH 12, 2021  |  A Lawrenceville auto dealer is marking its 50th anniversary this month. Hayes Chrysler-Dodge began operations on Scenic Highway in 1971.  Today the Hayes Automotive Group operates another dealership in Gainesville and two more in Baldwin, selling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles. It’s a fourth […]

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by · March 12, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Is “national search” necessary for next superintendent? 

By Elliott Brack  |  The new Black majority on the Gwinnett School Board seems intent on curtailing the leadership of Alvin Wilbanks as its superintendent. However, Mr. Wilbanks has a contract through June 2022, and has no intention to leave sooner.

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by · March 9, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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