Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: New candidate profiles for contested Gwinnett city elections

BRACK: New candidate profiles for contested Gwinnett city elections

By Elliott Brack   | Today GwinnettForum begins a new service for its readers, aimed at helping make good choices in contested  Gwinnett city elections of November. We take this move as part of the first of our Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett County, which says “High quality candidates for elective office in Gwinnett.”

On the right side of each web page, we show a “Candidate Profile” button. Click it and it will take you to a list of 52 candidates for the 12 contested city elections in Gwinnett. There are no city elections this year in Auburn, Berkeley Lake, Duluth and Rest Haven.

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by · October 8, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Wilbanks

BRACK: Wilbanks’ good leadership is a hallmark for Gwinnett schools

By Elliott Brack  | The most pressing educational difficulty Gwinnettians face is that sometime in the future, Alvin Wilbanks will face retirement from his position as school superintendent. While we look forward to Mr. Wilbanks’ continued service, we recognize this as a major potential vacancy in our future.

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by · October 4, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Cokie Roberts was central figure, trusted voice on Capitol Hill

BRACK: Cokie Roberts was central figure, trusted voice on Capitol Hill

By Elliott Brack  | The news of the death of Cokie Roberts of Washington, D.C., came to me in the car on the way home. It hit me as if she were a member of my extended family who had died.

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by · October 1, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: New book sheds light on horrific murders of 3 Gwinnett policemen

BRACK: New book sheds light on horrific murders of 3 Gwinnett policemen

By Elliott Brack | It is one of the darkest moments in Gwinnett history. Three Gwinnett County policemen were gunned down with their own weapons and left handcuffed together and found the morning of April 17, 1964, just off Beaver Ruin Road. As a result, Gwinnett got the reputation as an unsafe, lawless and backward county.

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by · September 27, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Parking deck at Infinite Energy Center is suburban’s biggest

BRACK: Parking deck at Infinite Energy Center is suburban’s biggest

By Elliott Brack  | Back in the early days of development in Gwinnett, finally out of frustration I took to hauling around a shovel in the trunk of a 1974 green wide-track Pontiac. Why?  Well, in that early era of development in Gwinnett, there were few groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings, and on two occasions, when going to a groundbreaking, of all things, no one thought to bring a shovel.

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by · September 24, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
University of North Georgia, Dahlonega.

BRACK: Georgia dodged a bullet, thanks in part to a sheriff’s request

By Elliott Brack  | The state of Georgia and the City of Dahlonega, in particular, dodged a bullet last weekend, when a highly-publicized protest rally fizzled into nothing.  Georgians were for the most part smart enough to stay away from the rally, while the presence of an amazing volunteer army of 600 Georgia peace officers ensured the city remained calm.

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by · September 20, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
McClain

BRACK: Gwinnettian participating in NFL and football player negotiations

By Elliott Brack   | You may know that there are discussions going on between the National Football League and its professional athletes about a new collective bargaining agreement. These are tough talks. The National Football League Players Association and the owners are now in negotiations before the current agreement is to expire, after the 2020 season.

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by · September 17, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
With drones in the upper corners holding the red ribbon, the ribbon has just been cut at Curiosity Lab is about to take place! From left are Jan Geldmacher, president Sprint Business; Paul Powers, president and CEO of Georgia Power; Wayne Hodges, member of Pendleton Group; Ann Purcell, GDOT Commissioner; City Councilmembers Phil Sadd, Erick Christ and Alex Wright; Mayor Mike Mason; Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan; City Councilmembers Jeanne Aulbach and Lorri Christopher; Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Councilmember Weare Gratwick; John F. King, State Insurance Commissioner; and Brian Johnson, city manager.

BRACK: STEM school students change the way for future ribbon cuttings

By Elliott Brack |  Ribbon cutting will never be the same again after Wednesday’s official opening of Curiosity Lab’s new activities in Peachtree Corners. Four students from Paul Duke STEM High School changed the way ribbons cuttings are held, as they guided  two drones through the skies, holdings ends of a red ribbon, as city and Curiosity Lab officials snipped the ribbon signaling the start of the nation’s first 5G-powered smart city technology proving ground on Technology Parkway. 

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by · September 13, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Gwinnett must be more urgent in planning for mass transit

BRACK: Gwinnett must be more urgent in planning for mass transit

By Elliott Brack  | In our family, it was those children in China that my parents mentioned.

“Eat your peas. Do you know that there are poor, starving children in China that would be so thankful if they had your food, like your peas, to eat?  Don’t waste food. Eat up. You are so lucky that you don’t live like the poor starving people in China.”

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by · September 10, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Ga. Highway 20 bridge at Sugar Hill opened … with manpower

BRACK: Ga. Highway 20 bridge at Sugar Hill opened … with manpower

By Elliott Brack  | Some stories are worth remembering. Maron Buice of Sugar Hill was instrumental in making sure funds were secured to build the Georgia Highway 20 bridge over the Norfolk-Southern rail tracks in Sugar Hill. That came after five teenage girls from Forsyth County were killed in 1971 in a car-train accident at the intersection, known as Magnum Crossing.

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by · September 6, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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