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HOUSTON: Watch it: You might get ripped off anywhere online
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | My husband called from work. “Get tickets for Alan Jackson. He’s playing the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth on the 28th.” He’s our favorite country musician.
He grew up in Newnan south of Atlanta, with loving, decent parents, a family of four daughters and a son. His dad turned a toolshed into a house. Alan slept in the hall.
1/10: Lawrenceville charter; Bad forecasts; Vote by mail
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville Seeks Charter Modification from General Assembly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Bad Weather Forecasts Mean Millions Lost in Economic Impact
ANOTHER VIEW: Could Georgia One Day Adopt Oregon’s Vote by Mail System?
SPOTLIGHT: Walton EMC
FEEDBACK: U.S. Should Never Abandon Its Values for Any Country
UPCOMING: 17th Annual MLK Celebration Starts with Parade on Monday
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Is First In Georgia To Award Georgia Film Certificates
RECOMMENDED: Masterpieces of Medieval Literature by Professor Timothy B. Shutt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pistol Pete Maravich Has Record-Setting Basketball Career
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Why History Can Be So Complicated
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clean, Modern Setting Could Give You Clues to This Mystery
CALENDAR: Check Out Upcoming Events in Gwinnett
BRACK: Bad weather forecasts mean millions lost in economic impact
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Well, the Atlanta weatherpeople got it wrong again last weekend. Don’t know how many times this makes it. If threatening weather is anticipated, all us listeners really want to know. We listen avidly to the radio and television. And we have learned to take decisive action. Even our governor has learned this, after a real jam-up last year.
FOCUS: Lawrenceville seeks charter modification from General Assembly
By Marci Gross, Lawrenceville, Ga. | The City of Lawrenceville is seeking to get the Georgia General Assembly to pass on a city charter modification to replace the current version, which dates from March 28, 1986. City officials will be working with the Gwinnett County legislative delegation to present the resolution as a request to the Georgia General Assembly for a Charter modification during the 2017 legislative session.
BASS: Could Georgia one day adopt Oregon’s Vote by Mail system?
By Jack Bass, Charleston, S.C. | Oregon’s system of Vote By Mail offers a model that for South Carolina would save millions of dollars to buy new voting machines, avoid long lines for voting, and insure total security for elections results.
It is used for all elections: federal, state, and local, whether primary, general or special, and has been in operation for roughly 25 years. One result is increased voter participation by working parents and senior citizens. The system makes voter fraud virtually impossible, and research has shown that the system favors neither party.
Gwinnett Forum | April 4, 2025
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”
— American novelist, satirist, and poet Erica Jong (1942 – ).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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