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WILSON: What U.S. could do to improve conditions for average guy

By George Wilson | Globalization and technological changes have worked to eliminate good paying manufacturing jobs in America. Among ordinary men and women this has had a profound change in their lives. Many have tried to adjust by taking the time to get more education and to be retrained; even going into debt with student loans. Many others have taken multiple low paying jobs. What we see is profits at record levels and the rich getting richer. American families face financial hardships at a time “when the average CEO makes about 300 times what the average worker makes.”

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by · September 18, 2015 · Another View
MYSTERY: Few clues in this issue’s Mystery Photo

MYSTERY: Few clues in this issue’s Mystery Photo

A swing bridge and a few bollards doesn’t give you many clues as to where this edition’s Mystery Photo is located. But take a guess. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · September 18, 2015 · Mystery photos
9/15: Ballet, 2015 politics, more

9/15: Ballet, 2015 politics, more

Click here to read the new edition.Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre To Give “Sensory Friendly” Performances
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Year Before An Election Often Far More Interesting Than Election Year
FEEDBACK: Hospital Merger, Identifying Politicians and Long Lost Contributor
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber Backs E-SPLOST Election Coming This November
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Council Meetings Now Available Online
RECOMMENDED READ: The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens by Thomas Hauser
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Settlers Were Relatively Young, with Children
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Can Happen When You Open the Door for People
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Windmill May Have Confused Many People
LAGNIAPPE: How Texans Add Things Up

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by · September 15, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Year before big election often far more interesting

BRACK: Year before big election often far more interesting

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The year before national elections always seems much more interesting than the election year itself.
So here we are in 2015, smack in the run-up to the election. And can’t you say the political stories are mighty interesting this year?

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by · September 15, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre dancer Mary Grace Manton and her friends from the Hirsch Academy are looking forward to GBT’s Sensory Friendly performance of ‘Cinderella’ on Friday, October 2 and 7:30 at the Infinite Energy Theater. (Photo by Richard Calmes.)

FOCUS: Ballet Theatre announces season of “sensory friendly” performances

By Holly Calmes | Commitment to the community is a cornerstone of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s cultural foundation. The non-profit organization, which includes the school as well as the performing company, has produced many programs in past years, bringing live arts experiences and dance education to children and adults in Atlanta and Northeast Georgia.

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by · September 15, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Beautiful, detailed formal garden

MYSTERY: Beautiful, detailed formal garden

Check out this beautiful formal garden. Clue: it’s not around here. Such gardens take lots of tender care, and it may take your tender care to figure out where this is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · September 15, 2015 · Mystery photos
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9/11: Home by Dark; On Phillip Beard; On Trump and Clinton

Click here to view new, full issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Saturday Performance in Gwinnett for Home by Dark
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Beard To Continue as Senior Office Holder in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump and Hillary Get Caught with People Quoting Them Correctly
FEEDBACK: Here’s Ten Commandments for Rational Debate
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Embarks on First Economic Development Plan
NOTABLE: Citizen’s Budget Review Panel Hearing Requests for 2016 Expenditures
RECOMMENDED READ: Love in the Anthropocene, by Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Scarcity of Females in Early Georgia Forces New Outlooks
TODAY’S QUOTE: What People in the Expensive Seats Can Do
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized Last Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: New Elementary School Rising in Norcross

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by · September 11, 2015 · Full issues
Beard

BRACK: Phillip Beard’s got a right to be proud of accomplishments in Buford

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The big story from announcements of people qualifying to run in city elections in Gwinnett came out of Buford. It was old news, but with a twist.
There Phillip Beard will have no opposition again in the city election. In November he will re-elected chairman of both Buford City Commission and also of its School Board. That’s no surprise.

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by · September 11, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Home by Dark coming to Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Saturday

FOCUS: Home by Dark coming to Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Saturday

By Ann Bates | Continuing the run of its Gwinnett concert series, Home By Dark’s September 12 show will feature acclaimed songwriters Marcia Ramirez and Emily Shackelton at 8 p.m. at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center. The show promises an experience filled with storytelling, improvisation and musical performances hosted by Home By Dark founder and songwriter James Casto.

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by · September 11, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Perhaps today’s photograph gives you a hint

MYSTERY: Perhaps today’s photograph gives you a hint

Take a close look at today’s Mystery Photo. Does that building in the far back right tell you something? Figure out where this photograph was made. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · September 11, 2015 · Mystery photos
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