Elliott Brack’s Perspective
BRACK: Gwinnett’s Bicentennial gets lots of people involved; Ends Saturday
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett’s Bicentennial year will be over Saturday. It’s been a time of celebration with much more happening around this theme than was anticipated.
Saturday will feature the last two big planned events. Starting at 10 a.m., and continuing until 2 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth will the 200th birthday celebration.
BRACK: McBath will do well; Return of quotes and Snellville relatives
By Elliott Brack | DEC. 4, 2018 | Hurrah for Lucy McBath of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District! We predict she’ll do well in the Congress.
Being a new Congressperson cannot be easy. After all, there’s a tremendous amount of difference between being a candidate for Congress, and then of about dealing with constituents from afar, about living in Washington, and maneuvering around all this morass.
BRACK: Susan McBrayer marks her 100th recommendation in this issue
By Elliott Brack | NOV. 30, 2018 | Past GwinnettForum readers are familiar with Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. She has diligently contributed ideas to this site for years, and has been long known as a prolific reader.
We bring this up today as Susan in this issue contributes her 100th recommendation, more submissions than any other reader. Here’s how it came about.
BRACK: Congress is sole judge of who should be seated in both houses
By Elliott Brack | The hullabaloo over voter fraud all across the country, we suspect, is much ado about not much. Yet here in Georgia, we’ve heard of some who say they were, in one way or another, blocked from voting. Most election officials are upright citizens, and wouldn’t stand for it if they suspected fraud.
BRACK: Fitzgerald newspaperman a leader on the cusp of better journalism
By Elliott Brack | Going to funerals is something I remember since I was 4 years old, when my younger brother died. Over the years, we’ve felt it important to attend funerals of friends. As a veteran funeral attendee, we can distinguish between a good and bad funeral. (Length is not the criteria.) We realize those we’re losing won’t be at our funeral, and the older we get, the fewer there will be to say farewell to us.
BRACK: This and that and all around, but not much politics for today
By Elliott Brack | NOV. 13, 2018 | Leaving politics alone, today we’ll catch up with some notes we’ve put aside in the last few days.
WHAT A GOOD IDEA! We refer to the Braselton Trolley, which began operations last week. With the development of what is now the Town of Braselton basically developing along one axis, Georgia Highway 53, the trolley serves to help bring the community together.
Gwinnett Forum | Aug. 23, 2024
“Never tell anyone that you’re writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They’ll encourage you to death.”
– Comic Artist Lynn Johnston (“For Better or Worse”) (1947 – ).
Recent deaths
DULUTH FALL FESTIVAL
The family-friendly event, Duluth Fall Festival, will take place on September 28-29. This is the 41st year, and the Festival has consistently been voted one of the top festivals in the entire area, including “Best Large Festival in the Southeast’” by national publications.
There will be more than 300 arts, crafts and food booths, a huge parade, entertainment at two venues, a 5K road race, and much more. If you would like more information, are interested in volunteering, etc., go to the Festival website:
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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