Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Suit against county on district lines may have wrong approach

BRACK: Suit against county on district lines may have wrong approach

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Getting national attention last week was the story of minorities in Gwinnett bringing suit against the county for alleged voting irregularities in drawing boundaries for county commission and school board seats.

Time the story was out, the Los Angeles Times Reporter Jenny Jarvie delved back into the story. She may have hit the nail on the head when she talked to Brian Whiteside. He is a black Gwinnett attorney who may have one of the best positions to speak to this subject.

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by · August 16, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Two relief high schools to offer specialized subjects, but no athletics

BRACK: Two relief high schools to offer specialized subjects, but no athletics

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Two new smaller “relief” high schools in the Norcross and Meadowcreek clusters are expected to come on board in the next two years. Both are to be different types of high schools, aimed at giving students a different approach to the high school experience.

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by · August 12, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Oh, the fun of re-reading a really good author’s book

BRACK: Oh, the fun of re-reading a really good author’s book

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There is nothing more satisfying to me, on lazy days, than to return to a book you have enjoyed previously. One I pulled down from the bookshelf the other day was The Wines of Pentagoet by John Gould.

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by · August 9, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Lots of voters just not happy with either political party candidates

BRACK: Lots of voters just not happy with either political party candidates

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Over and over in recent days, people are telling me: “I just don’t have a candidate for president. I don’t like either party’s nominees. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I might not vote.”

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by · August 5, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Music steals the show in Aurora Theatre In The Heights production

BRACK: Music steals the show in Aurora Theatre In The Heights production

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | For 20 years, Ann-Carol Pence has directed the musical element of the Aurora Theatre, with sterling enthusiasm and artistic achievement. Her direction has added immensely to its many productions. However, usually positioned off-stage, she and her ensemble are out of the spotlight.

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by · August 2, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Chefs aim for our big mouths when concocting thicker burgers

BRACK: Chefs aim for our big mouths when concocting thicker burgers

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | You’ve heard of people with “big mouths.” That’s often referring to people who talk too much on numerous subjects, some seeming to go on and on.

We’re thinking of “big mouths” in a different, more literal sense.

It’s what the nation’s fast-food chefs seem to cater to, people who can open their mouths superwide so as to consume the enormous hamburgers that the chefs are cooking up.

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by · July 29, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Photo by Bill Hawker.

BRACK: That Brit system of picking a new leader can have its advantages

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | While the United States has been focused on campaigning for the presidency all of 18 months, look what took place in Great Britain in the last few weeks.

The English voted by a 52-48 percent margin that they wanted out of the European Union, ready to go on their own. That was June 23. Then the prime minister resigned the next day.

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by · July 26, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland. More photos.

BRACK: Several reasons for visiting Canada in these hot times

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There are several reasons for you to visit Canada these days. We just returned from a nice trip to St. John’s, Newfoundland. Here are reasons to go to Canada now.
First, it’s cool. We left 95 degrees in Georgia, flew to Toronto, had a two-hour layover and arrived after nine hours’ travel in St. John’s to 50 degree weather. During the entire 10 days there, it never got beyond 72 degrees.

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by · July 22, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Bridge over I-16 to be named for fallen firefighter from Gwinnett

BRACK: Bridge over I-16 to be named for fallen firefighter from Gwinnett

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Many of us do not recognize how many government services we have. For instance, when motorists are driving down Interstate 16 toward Savannah, south of Macon you see a sign for the town of Allentown. Motorists along about a 20-mile section of this interstate are under the protection of the Allentown Volunteer Fire Department. The department often makes emergency runs — about 16 percent of its calls — for accidents or auto fires on the Interstate.

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by · July 15, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Continued presentation of gory journalism hurts the media

BRACK: Continued presentation of gory journalism hurts the media

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Are you as frustrated as I am over the cheap way the media is now covering “local news?”

Several years ago, it was the electronic media, principally local television, which began showing us more “blood and guts” in local news.

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by · July 8, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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