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7/22: On health care, visiting St. John’s, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Having Affordable Health Care Should Not Be a Financial Burden
EEB PERSPECTIVE: There Are Several Reasons for Visiting Canada These Hot Times
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
UPCOMING: County Calls for Six Year SPLOST Referendum on November Ballot
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Promotes Two Long Term Employees in Restructuring
RECOMMENDED: Winston Churchill Reporting by Simon Read
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native George Foster Peabody Gave Back Liberally to the State
CALENDAR: Good Samaritan Health Clinic Plans Open House Monday Morning
TODAY’S QUOTE: When People Will Realize That You Are A Failure
MYSTERY PHOTO: How George Graf Identified the Recent Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: New Mural Surfaces at Key Suwanee Intersection
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.
FOCUS: Having affordable health care should not be a financial burden
By Jack Bernard, Peachtree City, Ga. | So far, over 12 million people have been enrolled in health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Millions more have gotten Medicaid via the expansion option, for a total of 20 million. Obviously, there is still a long way to go to achieve full coverage for all of our citizens, but we should not denigrate our progress thus far. Let us remind you of what we faced before the first open enrollment period began in October, 2013.
MYSTERY: How George Graf identified the recent photo
This edition’s Mystery Photo shows mansard roofs, reminding you of traditional architecture from an European castle. But are they? Figure out where this is and send your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com. Be sure to include your hometown.
ONLY ONE PERSON identified the cruise ship and location of the last Mystery Photo. It came from George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who said that the photo was taken from “The Battery which lies under the slopes of Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland.”
7/15: On political polarization; Fallen firefighter from Gwinnett
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnettian Reflects About the United States’ Painfully Polarized People
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Bridge Over 1-16 To Be Named for Fallen Firefighter from Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Suggests Retired Counselors To Help DFCS Case Load Problem
UPCOMING: Schelly Marlatt To Become New Clean and Beautiful Director
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Graduates Seven Students from Explorer’s Program
RECOMMENDED: House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Scientist Became Famous for Work at the University of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Sitting Down Helps You In Ways You Can’t Imagine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Even the Weather Might Be A Clue in This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: State of Peachtree Corners Address by Mayor Coming Monday
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.
MYSTERY: Even the weather could be a clue
Identification of this edition’s Mystery Photo could be easier than usual, with lots of clues staring you in the face: a ship, water, the weather and a harbor. Granted, this may be difficult to identify. Now figure out where this photograph was taken. Send your best idea to Elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
7/8: Elisha Winn house; Gory journalism; Racial problems
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sealer Applied To Two Older Buildings at Elisha Winn House
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Continued Presentation of Gory Journalism Hurts the Media
ANOTHER VIEW: Time and Education Will Solve the Country’s Racial Problems
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Seeks Signatures on Petition; Agrees with Houston Column
UPCOMING: Good Samaritan Health Center To Move to Norcross June 25
NOTABLE: Here’s an Incomplete List of Unusual Community Names of Georgia
RECOMMENDED: Moneyball, by Michael Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River Has One of Largest Freshwater Flows in Southeast
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Happens If You Are Not Living on the Edge
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Clues in This Mystery May Make Identification Difficult
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 14, 2025
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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.
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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