Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Visiting Greenville’s Museum of Art was an easy one-day trip

BRACK: Visiting Greenville’s Museum of Art was an easy one-day trip

By Elliott Brack | It was a good one-day trip from Gwinnett. Hearing over and over about how exciting Greenville, S.C., and its downtown area had become, we decided to make a one day exploratory visit, to get a glimpse, and to plan for a longer return trip later on. 

We focused on visiting the Greenville County Museum of Art.  So it was two hours (almost exactly) up Interstate 85, two hours at the museum (that was enough, since it’s small), an hour for lunch and drive-through of the Furman University campus, then two hours to return home, all on a crisp and sunshiny day.

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by · December 10, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Revel paused; $220 millions of work still around civic center

BRACK: Revel paused; $220 millions of work still around civic center

By Elliott Brack  | Gwinnett County got an unexpected kick in the teeth this week, when North American Properties reneged on its partnership agreement to build the $900 million “Revel” project at the Infinite Energy Center.

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by · December 6, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Auburn-Alabama game was thriller, best of 2019 season

BRACK: Auburn-Alabama game was thriller, best of 2019 season

By Elliott Brack  | The Auburn-Alabama football game on Saturday was the best and most exciting game we’ve watched on television this year. And for the second time in three years, Auburn upset Alabama on a missed field goal, this time 48-45.

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by · December 3, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Major Georgia railroad history penned by Loganville’s Hanson

By Elliott Brack | In the mail recently I got a new book by a local author. The author is Robert (Bob) Hanson of Loganville.  His new book is a handsome 8.5×11 inches, 156 page “The Railroads of Georgia, 1833-2000.”  It’s from Garbely Publishing of Branchville, New Jersey.  You can order it from the publisher at $40. 

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by · November 26, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Some thinkers are getting concerned about a right to privacy

BRACK: Some thinkers are getting concerned about a right to privacy

By Elliott Brack  | Times were far different in the age of the Founding Fathers.  They thought long and hard, and recognized that mankind wanted certain guarantees from government. What they came up with was to recognize “certain unalienable rights, such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”  

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by · November 22, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Time to eat crow,  apologize for error on Loganville election

BRACK: Time to eat crow,  apologize for error on Loganville election

By Elliott Brack  | Every so often in the news business, you find it’s time to eat crow. Today is such a day for me.

Last Friday we fouled on reporting the results of the Loganville election.  Going to the Internet, we posted the results of the 2017 election, thinking we had the 2019 election. We simply did not read the small print correctly, and gave the wrong information. 

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by · November 19, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Loganville may have a better way to elect its leaders

BRACK: Loganville may have a better way to elect its leaders

By Elliott Brack  | Elections come regularly. May we suggest: is there a better way to hold elections? The November city elections in Gwinnett may suggest another way to hold elections.

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by · November 15, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Bill Bates was the epitome of a good public relations person

By Elliott Brack   | It’s a basic tenet of business.  Having a good public relations counsel is not a cost; it is an investment in your future. A really good PR person died the other day, living to the ripe old age of 92. He was William (Bill) Bates, who retired in Atlanta after an illustrious career.

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by · November 12, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: What may happen in 2020 on the Gwinnett political scene

BRACK: What may happen in 2020 on the Gwinnett political scene

By Elliott Brack  | On the local political scene, we see two developments in the 2020 races for the various offices of Gwinnett County: Republicans are having a hard time finding people who want to offer for office; and Democrats are finding lots of people interested in seeking elective office.

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by · November 8, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Twitter shows the way, while Facebook offers no solutions

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.

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by · November 5, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective