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JULY 7: Aurora’s 20th season, term limits, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Beginning 20th Season, Aurora Theater To Present Memphis
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Turnaround: Why It’ll Be Good To Have Term Limits
FEEDBACK: Reader Really Wants County to Have Mass Transit
UPCOMING: Nickels and Quarters of Thank Offering Grant Rainbow Village $75,000
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Installs One-Fifth of Area’s Water Saving Toilets
RECOMMENDED READ: The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel by Anita Diamant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base Was First an Army Base
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Reason You Cannot Have a Bank Account
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Recognized Giant Sculpture in Barcelona
LAGNIAPPE: Fireworks for the Fourth of July celebration in Lawrenceville.
BRACK: One-time bugaboo of term limits now seems good idea
By Elliott Brack | It’s funny what makes you change your mind.
All these years I have been against term limits for elected officials. My reason: having old-timers around who knew the ropes made our government better by their insights. But one incident recently made me change my mind on the subject. Now I feel comfortable for being positive on limiting public officials’ terms of office.
FOCUS: Aurora’s 20th season begins with “Memphis”
By Chelsea Bohannon | Jive along to the brassy beats of Beale Street in 1950s Memphis, where the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll reels in an aspiring R&B DJ, who just happens to be white, to spark change in the deep South. Bringing powerhouse numbers to the Lawrenceville stage, Aurora Theatre debuts its 20th Anniversary Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series with the regional premiere of the hit-musical sensation Memphis, playing July 23- August 30, 2015.
JULY 3: Tethering ordinance, Canadian visit, rapid transit (full issue)
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Animal Alliance Rains Praise on County Commission
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Ports of Call Inspire Trip to Canada
ANOTHER VIEW: Is Gwinnett Losing Future Growth by Fighting Rapid Transit?
UPCOMING: Check Changes to Suwanee Master Plan at City Hall on July 9
NOTABLE: City of Lawrenceville Adopts Long Range Special Events Policy
RECOMMENDED DAY TRIP: Gibbs Garden, near Ball Ground
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Walter Brown Career Leads to Forming of Watson-Brown Foundation
TODAY’S QUOTE: Talk About Your Peaceful Feelings!
MYSTERY PHOTO: No One Could Identify Lunenburg
LAGNIAPPE: Grinning for the Duck Derby
BRACK: Ports of call in Maritime Canada are beautiful places to visit
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The ports of call were enough to spark our interest: Portland and Bar Harbor Maine, then in Atlantic Canada the areas of Lunenburg, Halifax, Pictou, Charlottetown, Ile de Madeliene, Gaspe, plus on the St. Lawrence River, Baie-Comeau and Saguenay. The final destination was Quebec.
FOCUS: Gwinnett Animal Alliance praises Commission for new ordinance
By Jennifer Hart | Citizens of Gwinnett County should applaud their Board of Commissioners. On June 23, the Board amended the tethering ordinance that was set to take effect on July 1. The previous ordinance, modified and adopted by the commissioners on March 17, would have allowed up to 14 hours a day of unsupervised tethering on a trolley system.
JUNE 30: Overheard conversation, Charleston, New Yorkers (full issue)
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Overheard Conversation on MARTA Bus Gives Area Hope
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Charleston Citizens Show the Nation a Way Out of Tragedy
ANOTHER VIEW: New Yorkers Mean Business in More Than One Way
FEEDBACK: Republicans Seem To Be on the Wrong Side of History
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners To Develop Community Resources Access
NOTABLE: First Time Sugar Hill Author Wins Next Generation Book Award
RECOMMENDED READ: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah Civil Rights Museum Houses Distinctive History of Area
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Happens To Conservatives in Washington
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lady Bespeckled with Coins Still in Nevada
Gwinnett Forum | April 1, 2025
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
— Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), via Lee Klaer, Duluth.
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.
- County-wide microtransit services.
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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