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NEW for 7/25: On wokism, Trump, trip

NEW for 7/25: On wokism, Trump, trip

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: The war on “Woke” is not won; continue seeking truths
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Trump is the poster child of trying to delay justice
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas 
ANOTHER VIEW: Finally to the tables, then getting bookended
FEEDBACK: Arriving in a snowstorm, to learn about a key fob
UPCOMING: 34th Snellville Police Academy now open for applications
NOTABLE: Winn DAR officials visit Unknown Soldier’s grave
RECOMMENDED: Saints for Dummies by the Rev. John Trigilio and the Rev. Kenneth Brighenti 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Southern Labor Archives housed at Georgia State University
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where is this red lighthouse located
LAGNIAPPE: Reception for Macon artist to be held on July 28 
CALENDAR: Franks visits the Duluth Branch Library on August 3

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by · July 25, 2023 · Full issues
BRACK: Trump is the poster child of trying to delay justice

BRACK: Trump is the poster child of trying to delay justice

By Elliott Brack  |  It was four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone (1809-1898) who is credited with the phrase, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” In the modern day, that phrase was brought back to popularity by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, smuggled out of prison in 1963.

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by · July 25, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: The war on “Woke” is not won; continue seeking truths

FOCUS: The war on “Woke” is not won; continue seeking truths

 By Jack Bernard |  An objective source, the Oxford Dictionary, defines woke as “aware of social and political issues, especially racism.”  However, the political right in America uses this term and has chosen to attack those of us who acknowledge our many social, political and environmental problems.  

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by · July 25, 2023 · Today's Focus
Judy Holiday and Dave Simmons in Mexico. Photo provided.

ANOTHER VIEW: Finally to the tables, then getting bookended

By David Simmons.  |  Recently my girlfriend, Isabel, and I went on a cruise to Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico over the Fourth of July Holiday. 

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by · July 25, 2023 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: 34th Snellville Police Academy now open for applications

NEWS BRIEFS: 34th Snellville Police Academy now open for applications

The Snellville Police Department is offering a Citizens Police Academy class, strengthening the bond of friendship and cooperation between the city’s police and the people they serve. 

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by · July 25, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this red lighthouse is located

MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this red lighthouse is located

Yep, another lighthouse, this time a red one. Pinpoint where you think this lighthouse is located, and send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net with your hometown listed.

The last mystery photo was taken by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill on a trip to the Northwest.

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by · July 25, 2023 · Mystery photos
NEW for 7/21: On moving, rental cars and Olympic park update

NEW for 7/21: On moving, rental cars and Olympic park update

Click here to read the latest edition of Gwinnett Forum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Longtime Gwinnettian moving away, yet remembers the past
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park
FEEDBACK: Remembers swimming in cold water of Cayuga Lake
UPCOMING: Gwinnett keeps same tax millage rate as in 2022
NOTABLE: Jeremy Collins is new chief deputy tax commissioner
RECOMMENDED: Tall Timber Tales; More Paul Bunyan Stories by Dell McCormick
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Glass-like objects found in Georgia from outer space
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual sculpture asks where it is located
LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee to get new volunteer-built playground
CALENDAR: Two more workshops to hear Gwinnett’s 2045 United Plan

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by · July 21, 2023 · Full issues
BRACK: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental

BRACK: It was an unusual and frustrating car rental

By Elliott Brack  |  When on vacation, most of the time renting an automobile is relatively easy and routine. Our recent trip to New York didn’t fit into that category, for a couple of reasons.

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by · July 21, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Jim and Joanne Cofer

FOCUS: Longtime Gwinnettian moving away, yet remembers the past

By Jim Cofer  |  As I leave Gwinnett for a new life, I look back on the county where my family has been for 196 years and am wide-eyed with amazement at the changes I have seen and heard my forefathers describe. Much of the change has been for the good, but some, not so much so.

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by · July 21, 2023 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park

ANOTHER VIEW: Update on Olympic Stadium area near Mountain Park

By Sheri Clark  |  The latest progress on the Olympic Tennis Center Development  comes straight from Commissioner Ben Ku via a Facebook post: “The Commissioner’s actions have been tabled to our August 22 meeting as Fuqua Development is making several reconfigurations to the plan in response to the feedback from the planning commission and myself.”  This is good news for the Mountain Park community and surrounding areas!

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by · July 21, 2023 · Another View
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