Elliott Brack’s Perspective

The old DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Ga.

BRACK: Without good people involved, bad government will erupt

By Elliott Brack | All most citizens want in their life is to do their job well, enjoy their family, hopefully take a vacation from time to time, and be a good citizen. All most want out of their government is for it to work in the background by delivering services efficiently, and not cause a stir. That will make them happy.

For the most part, except for some recent exceptions, Gwinnett County governments pretty well do that. Yes, there are from time-to-time some headlines that make the county citizens unhappy, and yes, there are some frictions in one or two municipal governments.

Unfortunately, many citizens don’t involve themselves much with government. Most governments chug along trying to do a good job, and staying our of the headlines when it comes to shenanigans.

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by · April 28, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Handcuffing teachers behind their backs was unnecessary

BRACK: Handcuffing teachers behind their backs was unnecessary

y Elliott Brack | What bugged me about the sentencing of the 11 teachers in the Atlanta Public School scandal was relatively minor.

Lots of people got upset about the severity of the sentencing. We figured the judge was sending an important message about their guilt.

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by · April 24, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Unexpected poll on transit gives hope to early test of sentiment

BRACK: Unexpected poll on transit gives hope to early test of sentiment

By Elliott Brack | The results of a poll concerning public transportation in Gwinnett, and showing support for MARTA in particular, by the Chamber of Commerce last week, should come as no surprise, though the poll was unexpected. We commend the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce for undertaking the project.

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by · April 21, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Unexpected find turns out to be great book

BRACK: Unexpected find turns out to be great book

We stumbled upon quite a treasure the other day, something we did not know was there.

It was a large-format book, in a box of textbooks and other literature, probably from one of our children. Going through this box to help re-stock our Little Free Library (see this archived issue), here was this older book with 86 stunning black-and-white photographs.

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by · April 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Loganville retiree writes novels about the South

By Elliott Brack | Who would have thought that years in corporate America would be the business background of a newly-published Gwinnett author?

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Michael Brown, a Loganville resident, has now had two books published. We read his Somewhere a River, a 268 page novel from Deeds Publishing of Atlanta, and found it most enthralling. It is set in Alabama, the story turning around growing up in the South, high school and college football, and the entanglements we can get ourselves in both when younger and afterward. Later parts of the story take place in a different setting……Wyoming, of all places, as a struggling Southerner finds redemption and contentment where he does not expect it. It’s a story, somewhat haunting, that develops out of, and makes sense in, the modern world.

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by · April 14, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Darker areas shows heavier senior population in Gwinnett

BRACK: On seniors, scholarships and the late Eddie LeBaron

By Elliott Brack | APRIL 10, 2015 — Today let us throw in some tidbits which we have wanted to mention for a while.

In which part of Gwinnett are most of the older residents living? This accompanying map can tell you. The darker the precinct, the more people over age 60 who live in that area.

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by · April 10, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Empty rail flat cars, legislative dress, more

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | At the rail crossing, I was about six cars back as the Norfolk Southern train rambled southerly. Before the train cleared the crossing, there were about six cars behind me. I was at the crossing about 4-5 minutes, for it was a long train.

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Watching the train glide past the crossing from afar, suddenly I realized that all the rail cars were low, in fact, all were empty flat-bed units. These are the rail cars that haul the multi-modal containers. But why were all the rail cars empty?

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by · April 7, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: A new thought: “Thank God for Indiana”

BRACK: A new thought: “Thank God for Indiana”

But now, we have a new phrase: “Thank God for Indiana.” Indiana seems to be the poster child for the most divisive legislative bill passed this year, a state that has had its governor sign into law a bill that seeks to promote religious freedom, but many people feel legalizes discrimination.

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by · April 3, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Enjoying a return to New Orleans and its parades

BRACK: Enjoying a return to New Orleans and its parades

By Elliott Brack | New Orleans was our recent destination, one of our favorite cities in the USA, for after all, we had not been in several years. While you still see problems left from Katrina, the city seems to be enjoying a new vibrancy, moving forth as always, happily.

Boosted by continual tourism, which seems to have bounced back nicely, its prices for hotels, foods and trinkets remain high. Includes lots of Mardi Gras parade photos.

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by · March 31, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Better tasting pork from happier pigs on this farm

BRACK: Better tasting pork from happier pigs on this farm

By Elliott Brack | The premise is simple: pigs raised on the ground instead of concrete pens are happier pigs and produce better and tastier meat. That’s the theory at Thompson Farms here in Dixie, Ga., where Andrew Thompson produces pork, selling almost all his production to Whole Foods stores throughout most of the South. There’s a local connection: he is the brother of Mike Thompson, an attorney in Technology Park/Atlanta at Peachtree Corners.

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by · March 27, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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