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12/9: On Peach State FCU’s awards, voter turnout, swing states and diners

12/9: On Peach State FCU’s awards, voter turnout, swing states and diners

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peach State FCU To Award over $161,000 in Scholarships and Grants
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Voter Turnout; Swing States; New Candidate; Thermometer; and Diners
SPOTLIGHT: BrandBank
FEEDBACK: Commends Author for Recent Thoughts About Article on ISIS
UPCOMING: First Eastside Urgent Care Unit To Be at Sugarloaf and Five Forks Trickum Road
NOTABLE: Mayer Landscape Provides Plants to Brighten Entrance at Suwanee Library
RECOMMENDED: Indestructible by John R. Bruning
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Spectacular and Unusual Sites are Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Ah Ha! That’s Where Those with the Proper Form Come From
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps This Edition’s Mystery Photo Isn’t In Asia
CALENDAR: Santa’s Last Stop Saturday Before Christmas Is in Duluth

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by · December 9, 2016 · Full issues
11/22: New water garden; Nonprofit service; Post-election thoughts

11/22: New water garden; Nonprofit service; Post-election thoughts

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Distinctive Marble Water Garden To Grace New Braselton Hospital
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering a Friend Who Served a Unique Non-Profit Board Service
ANOTHER VIEW: One Way to View the Change: Seven Post-election Thoughts
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Alyssa Davis Will Become Sugarloaf CID’s Initial Director
NOTABLE: Norcross Completes Its Own Mural with Skin Alley Red Foxes
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Britain’s Bloody Crown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mary Hutchinson Attracts Following in New York and Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Another Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nighttime scene from which city?
LAGNIAPPE: Area DAR Chapters Greet State Regent with Tea
CALENDAR: Lilburn Tree Lighting is Tuesday, November 29

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by · November 22, 2016 · Full issues
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BRACK: He’s our nation’s new president; We wish Donald Trump solid success

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | An out of state reader prompted today’s entry when he asked a question about the election.

What really concerns me seriously are the protests and riots by the young. It is obvious that they do not know the mechanics of government, and I suspect this comes from more than a generation not studying the basics of civics.

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by · November 15, 2016 · elections, Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Had Clinton Won Florida and Wisconsin, she would be president-elect

FOCUS: Had Clinton Won Florida and Wisconsin, she would be president-elect

By Andy Brack, Charleston, S.C. | Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged?

Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered just over 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the country, won the electoral college, we wouldn’t hear the end of the election being rigged.

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by · November 15, 2016 · elections, Today's Focus
11/11: Improving Gwinnett life; Dems did better; On Hillary

11/11: Improving Gwinnett life; Dems did better; On Hillary

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three Proposals for Improving the Life in Gwinnett County
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats in Gwinnett Ran Much Stronger Than in Years Before
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Thoughts in Defending Hillary Clinton after the Election
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Two Distinct Reflections Concerning the 2016 Election
UPCOMING: Norcross Merchant Open House To Be This Saturday, November 12
NOTABLE: Suwanee Launches Open Data Budget Website for Transparency
RECOMMENDED: Anna Ruby Falls and the Richard Russell Scenic Highway
GEORGIA TIDBIT: FDR Opposes George’s Re-Election; George Backs FDR on WWII
TODAY’S QUOTE: Deep Thinking from the Mind of Yogi Berra
MYSTERY PHOTO: No Drought Going on Where This Mystery Photograph Was Made
CALENDAR: Author Mary Alice Monroe will appear November 19 in Peachtree Corners

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by · November 11, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Democrats in Gwinnett ran much stronger than in years before

BRACK: Democrats in Gwinnett ran much stronger than in years before

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The United States is a great nation. It is resilient, and can survive Donald Trump. Be pleased and calmed knowing that.

The nation’s best period of government, it appears to us, is when Congress doesn’t necessarily rubber stamp everything the president sends forth. (The very best time we feel is when one House of Congress is of a different party than the president.) We suspect it won’t be long before the legislators find that they’ll need to limit the reach of the presidency. That would also have happened had another person been chosen to lead our country.

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by · November 11, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
HOUSTON: Some thoughts in defending Hillary Clinton after the election

HOUSTON: Some thoughts in defending Hillary Clinton after the election

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | Let’s start this by defending Mrs. Clinton a bit. Her year to run for president was 2008. She was younger and prettier, less caustic and healthier. Her record as New York senator was positive. She didn’t have the baggage that serving as secretary of state brought her. The Dems decided they didn’t want her so they threw her out like old bathwater. Not unlike the way they threw out Bernie Sanders this time.

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by · November 11, 2016 · Another View
11/4: Police as guardians; Recap of endorsements; Next in politics

11/4: Police as guardians; Recap of endorsements; Next in politics

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Police As Guardians When Confronting Situations in Crisis
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are GwinnettForum’s Choices in Tuesday’s General Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back on Presidential Campaign, and What Might Happen
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Suggests Three Reasons To Vote Against Ballot’s Amendment Two
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offering The 12 Dates of Christmas on Stage Soon
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners New City Manager To Begin Work November 21
RECOMMENDED: The Magnolia Story by Joanna and Chip Gaines, with Mark Dagostino
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Trio Exercises Dominance over State Politics for Many Years
TODAY’S QUOTE: Is All This Political Conviction Coming From People Second-Handed?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Learning More about the Wild West Days
LAGNIAPPE: Pam Hoffman Gets Award from District Parks-Recreation Group
CALENDAR: Red, Blue and You Event, Friday, November 18, at 11:30 a.m. at Coolray Field

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by · November 4, 2016 · Full issues
A. BRACK: On presidential campaign and what might happen

A. BRACK: On presidential campaign and what might happen

By Andy Brack | Come November 8, Southerners will cast about 33 million votes in this oddest and nastiest of presidential elections. Of those, more than 15 million will be for the Democrat, Hillary Clinton. That’s a lot of blue living in what most assume is just red.

Yes, our region, just like our nation, is more purple than just red or blue.

Recent polls indicate Clinton likely will replicate Southern electoral victories by Barack Obama in 2008, with narrow wins in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. Republican nominee Donald Trump likely will carry the other Southern states, but 45 percent to 48 percent of voters in each probably won’t vote for him, based on past results.

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by · November 4, 2016 · Another View
BRACK: Vote against three of the state constitutional amendments

BRACK: Vote against three of the state constitutional amendments

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There are four amendments facing voters on the 2016 General Election ballot. Three of these “Constitutional Amendments” need to be defeated, while one should pass.

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by · October 28, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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