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.
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.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Aurora Play Depicts Dr. King’s Last Hours at the Lorraine Motel
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Reviewing the GwinnettForum List of Continuing Objectives
ANOTHER VIEW: US Should Have Voted Support for UN Resolution on Israel
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: On Synergistic Thinking, How Government Works, Civics and Founding Fathers
UPCOMING: Lilburn Makes It More Efficient, Easier to Access Public Records
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech’s Eljesa Haxhiu Wins $10,000 for Her Duck Recipe
RECOMMENDED: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Albany Museum of Art Has Large Collection of African Art
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Anyone Needs For Success in Life
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Time The Mystery Photo Asks Not Only Where, But Why?
LAGNIAPPE: DAR in Lawrenceville Provides Gifts to S.C. School for 28th Year
CALENDAR: Get To Know a Tree
By George Wilson, contributing columnist | Major countries voting in the United Nations condemned Israel’s construction of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a “flagrant violation under international law” and an obstacle to peace in the region. The United States chose to abstain rather than use its veto, as it has done in the past to quash resolutions it considered anti-Israel. The arrogant right-wing Netanyahu then announced plans to increase illegal settlements.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Hydrogen Use In Automobiles Would Reduce Middle East Influence
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Those Founding Fathers of 1776? Most Were Relatively Younger Men
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Another Look at the Age-Old Question of “Why Me?”
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: Here’s a Low Tech Solution to Holcomb Bridge Road Railroad Crossing
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Seeks Student Art On Manufacturing Importance
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Agencies Get Grants from Jackson EMC Foundation
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Architect Charles Choate’s Works Seen Throughout the South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Even Those Involved Don’t Look Much at Television
MYSTERY PHOTO: Bubbling Pool Looks Something Like a Labyrinth
CALENDAR: Authors Find Gwinnett Important Stop on Their Circuits
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
— Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), via Lee Klaer, Duluth.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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