By Jack Bernard | Kamala Harris is a progressive who knows the issues. She campaigned for the nomination in 2020 on those issues, pushing the progressive platform. She could have pulled back on items like single payer but put forth a specific, new more moderate agenda… even if it is not what she believes is needed per her “values.”
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chocolate: From Peachtree Corners to your doorstep
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Yep, there was once a paper mill in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Place CID
ANOTHER VIEW: Reasons that Trump won the presidency
FEEDBACK: Thinking of Lincoln and the Greatest Generation
UPCOMING: Fire Services gets grant for equipment replacement
NOTABLE: Globetrotters’ president inspires GGC students
RECOMMENDED: Principles, by Ray Dalio
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Newly found: big trove of art in “Encyclopedia”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Sometimes, you just want to sit down and rest
LAGNIAPPE: If you see this type of mushroom, don’t eat it
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Courthouse Lighting of the Tree is Thursday
By Jack Bernard | Now we learn that Trump did slightly better than he did in 2020, winning 49 percent of the popular vote. He got 76 million votes, two million more than in 2020. And Kamala Harris got 74 million votes. But Trump’s victory was not a “landslide” or “mandate” as FOX hosts would have you believe. He triumphed in the entire south and almost every state in middle America.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Williams family building wedding venue at Lake Lanier
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Most have been told: “No elbows on the table!”
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Encourage lawmakers to improve gun legislation
UPCOMING: Section of Peachtree Boulevard to get improvements
NOTABLE: Here are safeguards to take for holiday shopping
RECOMMENDED: Ben in the World by Doris Lessing
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early colonial Georgia military play a key role
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful architectural gem awaits your identification
CALENDAR: It’s nearing tree-lighting time around the county
“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 Ester Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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