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3/29: Beverage checks; Garland hearing; General Assembly
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Police Checks of Beverage Retailers Continue with GUIDE Funding
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Stubbornness on Garland Hearing May Signal Woes for GOP
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants To See Improvement in Georgia’s General Assembly
SPOTLIGHT: Arbor-Nomics Tree Service
FEEDBACK: Reaction to Article on Driving Under the Influence in Georgia
UPCOMING: Regents Approve Naming of GGC Library for Dan Kaufman
NOTABLE: ARC Recognizes Suwanee Youth Leaders and Lawrenceville’s Prelude
RECOMMENDED: The Remarkable Andrew by Dalton Trumbo
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Peachtree City One of Most Successful Planned Communities
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Teachers Can Do for Aspiring Authors
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Beautiful Picture Asking Where It’s Located
LAGNIAPPE: PCOM Student Heads to Johns Hopkins This Summer To Study Aging
FOCUS: Police checks of beverage retailers continue with GUIDE funding
By Jessica Andrews-Wilson | Gwinnett United In Drug Education, Inc. (GUIDE) is a non-profit community-based substance abuse prevention agency that has been serving Gwinnett County since 1986. GUIDE is an expert resource in positive youth development and substance abuse prevention and works together with various community partners to improve community conditions for a safe and healthy Gwinnett.
WILSON: Wants to see improvement in Georgia’s General Assembly
By George Wilson | The General Assembly for 2016 has ended. What has it accomplished to betterment of the lives of individual Georgians? From my viewpoint: too much what they have done is to continue to cave in to special interests. As a result, I vacillate between two distinct notions about the effectiveness of the General Assembly in Georgia and how to improve their overall performance.
MYSTERY: Here’s another beautiful picture asking where it’s located
With the last Mystery Photo being a relatively easy one, this week’s selection might be a little harder. But isn’t this a beautiful scene, with the land and water bumping up in what is obviously a town setting. But where is the town and what is the structure in front? Perhaps a few clues will guide you. Send answers to elliott@brack.net with your home town.
3/25: On DUI convictions, Berlusconi and Trump
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TODAY’S FOCUS: DUI Convictions Are Not Only Expensive Propositions but Last Forever
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Italy’s Berlusconi and Trump Come from Similar Backgrounds
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: FBI Needs to Try To Tap Into Phone, Without the Help of Apple
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Offering “Bright Ideas” Grants to School Teachers
NOTABLE: PCOM Elects David McCleskey to its Board of Trustees
RECOMMENDED: The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Long Serving Georgian Naval Officer Scuttles Confederate’s Merrimac
TODAY’S QUOTE: Considering What Is Infinite and What Might Not Be
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell from the Snow Where This Is Located?
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Resident Wins DAR Outstanding Veteran Volunteer Award
FOCUS: DUI convictions are not only expensive, but last forever
By Pamela South, judge, State Court of Gwinnett | For over 15 years, I have been a judge and now have heard thousands of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases. I am happy to report that the number of DUI cases has recently fallen slightly in Gwinnett County. And as for multi-DUI offenders, our Gwinnett Accountability Courts have been effective in treating alcoholism and addictions and reducing recidivism. But DUI remains a continuing problem in our county.
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) 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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