Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Trying to find out what happened to some missing mess trays

BRACK: Trying to find out what happened to some missing mess trays

By Elliott Brack | Any veteran of military service will tell you: it’s not unusual for you to be assigned for additional duty. Years ago when a commissary officer in Germany, the Northern Area Command of the U.S. Army in Europe (USAEUR) ordered me to report for temporary duty to the Frankfurt Bahnhof (rail station). I was met by a Transportation Corps sergeant who routinely ferried troops by train to the Bremerhaven port for return to the United States.

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by · June 7, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
The Jekyll Island Club

BRACK: Jekyll Island is little known among newcomers to Georgia

By Elliott Brack | If you are a native Georgian, let me suggest you almost have a duty to tell those who come here from other states about Georgia’s wonderful coastland, particularly about the gem on the Georgia coast, Jekyll Island.  Actually, Georgia’s approximately 100 miles of coastland has many wonderful areas to visit, from Tybee Island on the north to almost-pristine Cumberland Island on the south.

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by · June 4, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Tidbits of summer, including no hat, no shorts, no service

BRACK: Tidbits of summer, including no hat, no shorts, no service

By Elliott Brack |  Summer has definitely arrived well in advance of its normal start for Gwinnett, June 21, giving us a full three more weeks of hot weather here at beginning of summer. (I like hot weather; Hurrah!)

Today let’s salute people years ago who approved planting trees in the parking lot of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. By having the foresight to plant shade trees, now maturing, between the rows in the parking lot, we now enjoy their summer shade, and it just makes the area a whole lot nicer.

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by · May 31, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Daily newspaper in Little Rock innovates, bringing more prosperity

BRACK: Daily newspaper in Little Rock innovates, bringing more prosperity

By Elliott Brack  |  Daily newspapers aren’t what they used to be. They are thinner, with less news and advertising, and just plain don’t cover the news as they once did. Today most daily newspapers only cover a small geographic area close to their main city. In Gwinnett, we now see the pitiful coverage which both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Gwinnett Daily Post offer.

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by · May 28, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: With 23 running, when will you announce for president?  Why not?

BRACK: With 23 running, when will you announce for president?  Why not?

By Elliott Brack  |  So, if you are a Democrat, when can we expect for you to announce that you are running for the presidency?

After all, so far we have only 23 Democrats who have announced that they want to try to wrest the presidency from Donald Trump. Why not you, too?

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by · May 24, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Gwinnett loses two stalwarts in their respective communities

BRACK: Gwinnett loses two stalwarts in their respective communities

MAY 21, 2019  | Gwinnett County recently lost two stalwarts of their communities.We refer to former Mayor Carl Garner Jr. of Norcross and Bruce Still, long-time Gwinnett newspaperman of Lawrenceville.

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by · May 21, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Nash

BRACK: Many ramifications to announcement from chairwoman Nash

By Elliott Brack | The ramifications abound now that Charlotte Nash has said that she will not seek re-election as the Gwinnett County Commission Chairman in the 2020 elections.  Consider: Gwinnett will see a major change in governmental leadership for the first time in nearly a decade. …

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by · May 17, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Shackling of juvenile defendants in courtrooms usually improper

BRACK: Shackling of juvenile defendants in courtrooms usually improper

By Elliott Brack | Someone did a good job eons ago when the first chain was developed. It’s proven to be a useful tool to mankind in all sorts of ways.Heavy metal chains, when hitched to a car or truck, have the strength to snatch a car out of a ditch, or even a ravine.

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by · May 14, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Enjoying a meal at Pinnacle Park

BRACK: Norcross to see benefits of parkland once cleared by professional goats

By Elliott Brack | First, they called in the goats. You see, the acreage that the City of Norcross had purchased on Pinnacle Way at Brook Hollow Parkway, intending to make it a park, was covered up with all types of growth and trash. The city needed the land to provide equal access to parks and green space to another area of the city, and there was little  park space on the east side of town. The city figured the land would be a good spot for a park and green space for city residents’ use.

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by · May 10, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Could political history in Gwinnett repeat in a different way in 2020?

BRACK: Could political history in Gwinnett repeat in a different way in 2020?

By Elliott Brack | Is the Gwinnett political year shaping up similar to what happened in 1984? Could history repeat itself….in a slightly different way?

Those of you not living here then may not realize how pivotal 1984 was for political parties in Gwinnett. Up until that time, there were a few Republican office holders in Gwinnett. Louise Radloff was the first, having been elected as a Republican in 1973.

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by · May 7, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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