Elliott Brack’s Perspective
BRACK: Twitter shows the way, while Facebook offers no solutions
By Elliott Brack | Hurrah for Twitter! This high-tech company seems to have its head screwed on right for a change, as it announced a coming ban on all political advertisements on its site. It is doing this while still allowing political comment from its subscribers to continue, as long as it is not paid content.
BRACK: New county focus will be Revel project at Infinite Energy Center
By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum NOV. 1, 2019 | Up until 1984, Gwinnett County had no retail shopping focus. With its 15 towns then (16 now, as Peachtree Corners became its own city in 2012), no one city stood out as a mecca for retail and entertainment. Something changed all this in 1984, as Gwinnett Place Mall opened […]
BRACK: Scared early on, why I feel a certain ownership of Halloween
By Elliott Brack | From my earliest days, I‘ve always felt a certain “ownership” of Halloween. After all, it’s my birth date.
From my earliest recollection, Halloween has always scared me. Even to this day, I have no truck to watch scary television or movies nor enjoy horror stories. Why give time to something that makes you feel uncomfortable?
BRACK: $50,000 Hudgens Prize selections not enhancing art in Georgia
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnettians are proud that the Hudgens Center for the Arts and Learning of Duluth awards a significant prize every other year to one Georgia artist. The prize is one of the biggest in the country, amounting to $50,000 cash, plus a solo exhibit at the Hudgens Center for the winner.
BRACK: Lack of announcements from Gwinnett Republicans is ironic
By Elliott Brack | Irony reigns. Read on to understand. It was a letter this week from Monte Nichols of Peachtree Corners. He asked simply: “I seem to remember that you previously listed an objective related to having a vital two party presence in the Gwinnett political scene. Is my memory correct?”
BRACK: Will election 2020 in Gwinnett be 1984 upset in reverse?
By Elliott Brack | Many of our readers may not remember what happened politically in Gwinnett in 1984. It was a major year for change in Gwinnett.
There’s reason many Gwinnettians may not remember it. That’s because in 1984 there were 226,100 people in Gwinnett. Today the population is 921,781, so another 701,681 people live here now. A majority were just not here in 1984.
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