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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NOV. 9, 2018 | Let’s take a look at the 2018 elections.
In many ways, in the still-to-be-called races, matters are going like they should.
While there still votes to be counted, those leading in races say what they should: they claim victory. Meanwhile, the candidates who are trailing maintain that the race isn’t quite over yet, so they’re not conceding.
“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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