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Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Local citizen looks back on time as a Georgia Regent
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Candidates should give voters a break on election day
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
ANOTHER VIEW: Continued inflation: Are rate cuts in jeopardy?
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: ARC funds $280,000 for traffic study in Gateway85 CID
RECOMMENDED: James Oglethorpe by Michael L. Thurmond
OBITUARY: James Ferguson Pack
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Growing grains is important in Georgia agriculture
MYSTERY PHOTO: Statue of two people kissing is today’s mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Northside Medical Buford opens
CALENDAR: Cox will visit the Peachtree Corners Library
BRACK: Candidates should give voters a break on election day
By Elliott Brack | Today is election day in Georgia, as our state has its in-person voting open today until 7 p.m. in the Georgia primary for 2024. We’ll be voting primarily for local offices in Democratic and Republican primaries. Non-partisan candidates for local and statewide judgeships and the Gwinnett School Board will be elected today.
ANOTHER VIEW: Continued inflation — Are rate cuts in jeopardy?
By Dr. Philip Vinson | While inflation has eased somewhat in April according to today’s Consumer Price Index Report, consumer prices continue to be elevated. That’s not good news for consumers who want to borrow money, or for the Federal Reserve, which will have tough decisions to make about interest rates.
NEWS BRIEFS: ARC funds $280,000 for traffic study in Gateway85 CID
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has announced a significant allocation of $280,000 from its million-dollar budget to fund a comprehensive study aimed at enhancing safety, beautification, and transportation infrastructure along Jimmy Carter Boulevard in the Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID).
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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