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BRACK: Voting Yes on E-SPLOST means Gwinnettians get 40% discount

BRACK: Voting Yes on E-SPLOST means Gwinnettians get 40% discount

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | People love sales. We all, if we were allowed to choose, would rather buy something at 40 percent off the regular price, than at the regular price.
That’s essentially what the Gwinnett County School Board is offering Gwinnettians in the November 3 referendum on whether to approve the one-cent sales tax to fund school infrastructure, the educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST). If approved, Gwinnett County’s school sales tax level will continue without an increase through 2022.

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by · October 23, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FOCUS: Georgia auto fatalities rising, so Drive Alert. Arrive Alive.

By Russell R. McMurry | Over one thousand fatalities. Over one thousand lives lost on Georgia’s roads. Over one thousand families in turmoil.

Georgia has reached an alarming milestone of over 1,000 traffic fatalities in 2015, with several months remaining in the year. As of October 1, the number of people who died in roadway crashes in Georgia was 1,006 — almost one every 6-1/2 hours; about four per day (3.67 fatalities to be exact) – just short of 26 deaths a week.

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by · October 23, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Another bell, but where?

MYSTERY: Another bell, but where?

Here’s another Mystery Photo with bells for you to identify. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · October 23, 2015 · Mystery photos
10/20 issue: New Cyclorama, Obama and Afghanistan

10/20 issue: New Cyclorama, Obama and Afghanistan

Click here to see the new edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Saving a Natural Treasure: The Cyclorama To Be at History Center

EEB PERSPECTIVE: How President Obama Disappoints Many in This Country

UPCOMING: Good Samaritan Health Clinic To Move to Buford Highway in Norcross

NOTABLE: Suwanee Saves $180,000 When Re-Financing City Hall

RECOMMENDED READ: The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Missionaries Sentenced to Prison in Cherokee Rights Affair

TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement Away from September

MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Persons Were Eagle-Eyed in Spotting Recent Mystery

LAGNIAPPE: Waffle Houses Are Located in 25 of the Lower 48 States

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by · October 20, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Obama disappoints in extending troop time in Afghanistan

BRACK: Obama disappoints in extending troop time in Afghanistan

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | President Obama disappointed me more last week than at any time since he has been president. He obviously has been taking in too much of the Inside-the-Beltway Punch, as he announced that our American troops are staying even longer in Afghanistan.

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by · October 20, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FOCUS: Atlanta Cyclorama getting new building

By Gordon L. Jones | In the 1880s, before the advent of motion pictures, massive 50-foot high 360-degree cyclorama paintings were the virtual reality time machines of their day. The resulting fad produced at least 20 cyclorama paintings of seven different battles – virtually all of them Northern victories. But in the 1890s, cycloramas gave way to nickelodeons and nearly all were lost to fire or decay. Today, only two Civil War cycloramas survive on exhibit: The Battle of Gettysburg and The Battle of Atlanta.

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by · October 20, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Do those high-flying bells give you a clue to this mystery?

MYSTERY: Do those high-flying bells give you a clue to this mystery?

Old world or new? Do those bells high in the sky tell you something? See if a thought comes to your mind where this edition’s Mystery Photo was taken. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · October 20, 2015 · Mystery photos
10/16: Remembering Pat Johnson; on gambling; divide and conquer

10/16: Remembering Pat Johnson; on gambling; divide and conquer

Click here to view new edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Former Gwinnett Newswoman Pat Johnson
EEB PERSPECTIVE: We Don’t Need Additional Gambling in Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Three Examples of Questionable Divide and Conquer
FEEDBACK: Photo of Dumpster with Trump Sign; Comment on Stone Mountain Proposal
UPCOMING: City of Lilburn To Erect New Police Station on U.S. Highway 29
NOTABLE: Aurora Theatre Launches New Ticketing Program Aimed at Younger Set
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Matthews’ Cafeteria, Tucker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Key Worchester Case Tests Cherokee Nation’s Time in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why So Little Is Known of the Canadian Country
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two People Recognized Town Doing Duty as Second Time Around
LAGNIAPPE: One Happy Duck at Rhodes Jordan Park

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by · October 16, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: We agree with Nathan Deal: We don’t need more gambling here

BRACK: We agree with Nathan Deal: We don’t need more gambling here

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | For years now, the gambling business has had its eye on Georgia. It recognizes Georgia as a state with a growing population, and therefore, one they see as a target. They aim at establishing gambling in Georgia, to enrich, of course, their own coffers, while promoting that it will bring in more state revenue.

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by · October 16, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FOCUS: Baughman remembers former newswoman Pat Johnson

By Bill Baughman | Patsy Jane “Pat” Livingston Johnson, age 89, of Bushnell, Fla., and formerly of Lawrenceville and Gainesville, Ga., passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday morning, Aug. 9, 2015.

The preceding was in an obituary I found in the newspaper. I wonder how many local folks remember this person who had lived and worked in Gwinnett for many years. I had to do a double take to see if this was the person I knew. Was it the journalist I remembered fondly who worked at the Gwinnett Daily News? Sadly, it was.

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by · October 16, 2015 · Today's Focus
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