By Elliott Brack | FEB. 22, 2019 — Now, Renee. Don’t run for the Seventh District seat in Congress.
Gwinnett County, Buford, and the state need you in the Georgia Senate, where you will remain much more effective than you would as a freshman representative in the House of Representatives in Washington.
By Elliott Brack | It was surprising to read that U.S. Congressman Rob Woodall, representing the Seventh District which includes much of Gwinnett, will not seek another term in Congress. After all, he had just won re-election to another term. But what was even more surprising was that this announcement came a little more than a month after Rep. Woodall was into his fifth term serving in Washington.
FEB. 12, 2019 | When you think of the higher elements of our American democracy, terms harking back to the Declaration of Independence easily come to mind: “Freedom,” “Liberty” and the “Pursuit of happiness.” With these thoughts extended, you soon remember many positive aspects, such as “The American way,” “Getting the job done,” and our “Can-do attitude.”
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett County has a new sport for high schools, girls flag football. Each of all 19 high schools of the Gwinnett County Public Schools fielded a seven-woman team last year, with Peachtree Ridge High coming out the county winner in a playoff over Grayson, 20-0. The Gwinnett public schools offer the only girls high school flag football program in the state.
By Elliott Brack | Many people in Gwinnett are astounded that the county is approaching having a population of a million people. The estimated current population is 950,000. They are astounded, that is, in one way.
When you live and pretty much stay in one area of the county, and don’t get out of that area much, you know the streets are usually crowded. But it doesn’t seem like there are about a million people around you.
By Elliott Brack | | It’s fulfilling and fun to go back and re-read some of what you have read before. Heading for a doctor’s appointment, and not having a book for the waiting room, at the GwinnettForum office I pulled from the shelf a small book from more than 50 years ago. Its title was “The Fleas Come with the Dog,” by the late editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Ralph McGill, a giant of a man.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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