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ANOTHER VIEW: From an old roadside sign, to where we are today
By Ashley Herndon | Note this picture from times past. Thanks to your parents and grandparents, they got us where we are today. I am old enough to remember seeing that sign and similar magazine pictures and believing them wholeheartedly. The days of good uncensored public educational opportunities made them possible.
NEW for 4/12: On values, endorsements coming, third party
Click here the read the full edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Bedrock values doing better than pundits decry
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Candidate endorsements will be coming on April 23
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Atlanta NE Norcross
ANOTHER VIEW: Could a third party create an earthquake in November?
FEEDBACK: MTG right, but she caused much of it herself
UPCOMING: Heart procedure at Northside Gwinnett is first in state
NOTABLE: County launches “It’s Your Ride” transit plan
RECOMMENDED: Let Yourself Be Loved: by Eugene McCaffrey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Landmarks, raw materials found in state’s Piedmont
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this landmark from its back side?
LAGNIAPPE: Another hawk sighting in Norcross
CALENDAR: Workshop on wills on April 13 at library in Lilburn
ANOTHER VIEW: Could a third party create an earthquake in November?
By Jack Bernard | As a former Republican Party elected official in Georgia and county party chair, I left the GOP and became an active Democrat because Trump is a narcissist would-be dictator. He puts the good of himself before our nation. But I believe he will be elected because of Biden’s continuing inability to adequately publicize his many achievements, plus the influence of third-party candidates in select swing states.
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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