Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: 75 legislative candidates seek 34 seats

BRACK: 75 legislative candidates seek 34 seats

By Elliott Brack  |  With a million people now in Gwinnett, it means Gwinnett has a lot of political offices, and more representation in the Georgia House and Senate.

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by · March 15, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Total of 53 local candidates seeking public office

BRACK: Total of 53 local candidates seeking public office

By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett candidates have made a decision to run for political office and recently paid their qualifying fees. So now we have the list of neighbors you’ll be voting on in the May 21 primary.

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by · March 12, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Electoral College could give Trump office again

By Elliott Brack  |  Even though Georgia and a majority of the states in our country have not voted in the presidential primary yet, it looks like the nominees are settled. It appears to be Joe Biden for the Democrats and Donald Trump for the Republicans, a rematch of 2020.

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BRACK: Elections, personality disorders and scary story

BRACK: Elections, personality disorders and scary story

By Elliott Brack  |  By Friday, Gwinnettians will know those who will be seeking election this year to Congress, the Legislature, county commission, Gwinnett’s School Board and for positions in the courts, as qualifying closes that day for the coming elections.

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BRACK: Buford restaurant scene, and two national figures

By Elliott Brack  |  For sheer mass, downtown Buford has a high concentration of quality restaurants.   It didn’t  just happen. Several factors combined to create today’s modern dining scene. 

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BRACK: Democrats: Vote March 12 against the biggest menace

BRACK: Democrats: Vote March 12 against the biggest menace

By Elliott Brack  |  Since many Democrats, and no doubt also a substantial number of Republicans, think the biggest menace to the United States is Donald Trump, here’s a suggestion for Georgians who have not yet voted in the presidential primary, which is on March 12. 

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by · February 27, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Help! We all are overwhelmed with robocalls!

BRACK: Help! We all are overwhelmed with robocalls!

By Elliott Brack  |  The telephone, once considered a marvel for communications, is becoming more of a nuisance that is bugging many of us. 

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by · February 23, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Helping immigrants move toward self-sufficiency

By Elliott Brack |  Larry Campbell recognized that education for immigrant children without financial stability for the family doesn’t work. He’s president and CEO of Corners Outreach, based on Shackleford Court in Norcross, downhill from the Vietnam Church on Beaver Ruin Road.  

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by · February 20, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Recent House special elections should cheer Democrats

BRACK: Recent House special elections should cheer Democrats

FEB. 16, 2024  |  In reality, we need to remember, “Trust the people.” So far little has been made about the swing that has been made in the 118th Congress.  The results should warm the hearts of Democrats.

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by · February 16, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Note the intricate patchwork on this quilt.

BRACK: Old-time quilting was a necessity for cold nights

By Elliott Brack | For a few nights recently, when visiting our daughter in Durham, N.C., I slept under a quilt that my Mother had made for her granddaughter. It was a beautiful hand-stitched quilt, made painstakingly on a quilting frame. 

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by · February 13, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective