By Elliott Brack | It was an exciting time for a young cub reporter.
On that first football Friday of the season, the entire staff of reporters at The Macon Telegraph were reminded to finish their news stories at least by 10 p.m., an hour earlier than the normal deadline.
For about that time, the telephones started ringing one after the other, as reports from all over South Georgia came in about local high school games.
By Elliott Brack | AUG. 28, 2018 | During the Dog Days of summer, we try to travel to a cooler destination than Georgia. Once when leaving Atlanta, the temperature was 95 F. On arrival in St. John Newfoundland, the airport weather was 50 degrees F. It didn’t take some of our party too long realize they had to buy warmer clothing!
AUG. 10, 2018 | The primary in the state of Florida will be held August 28. A situation there has developed similarly to what happened in Georgia.
Republican Adam Putnam, the state agricultural commissioner for eight years, announced early that he would run for governor, and was the odds-on early favorite and establishment candidate, it appeared.
By Elliott Brack | Though Gwinnett residents may be tired of all the 2018 politicking, the November election is still before us. It’s not over yet, since so far we have mostly nominated political candidates for the General Election more than three months away.
There’s been much hullabaloo in the recent primary and its runoff, but so far locally the only persons to be elected who had competition are three new Gwinnett Judges.
By Elliott Brack | Next Tuesday, July 24, Gwinnett and Georgia voters will return to the polls for runoff primaries of the two major political parties and in non-partisan races. Runoffs are required under current voting rules when no candidate wins 50 percent of the vote, plus one, that is, a majority of the votes cast.
We urge Gwinnett residents, if you have not early voted, to return to the polls on Tuesday and select your candidate in the runoff. Here’s why….
By Elliott Brack | Do you still watch the 11 o’clock so-called local news? Pity. It’s not vital to us any more, and not part of our lives, except for the rare occasion when severe weather is approaching.
We stopped watching the so-called “late news” 10-15 years ago. We just got tired of all the “cheap news,” that is, the blood-and-guts of the most recent shooting, or car accident, or robbery.
“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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