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FOCUS: Does our nation want a leader who is a bully and a con artist?
By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | My grandmother, Florence Gibbs, a former United States Congressman, taught me “Noblesse oblige,” a French phrase meaning “nobility obliges.” It is the concept that nobility extends beyond mere entitlements and requires the person who holds such status to fulfill social responsibilities, particularly in leadership roles. She fervently believed that this applied to everyone in government, from the bottom to the top.
9/9: On helping disabled; Voters lamenting presidential choices
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Friends of the Disabled Helps With Distribution of Medical Equipment
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Voters on Both Sides Lament “What to Do?” in Presidential Race
ANOTHER VIEW: Not Everyone Will Decide That They Just Cannot Fail To Vote
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Plans First Ever Recycling Event Sept. 10
NOTABLE: Re-organized Summerour Middle PTA Adopts Promise of Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Dahlonega Spa Resort
GEORGIA TIDBIT: A Brief Look at Eastern Air Lines, Once Dominant in Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Often It Is Difficult To Work Around Silence
MYSTERY PHOTO: Local Couple Seek Help in Identifying Location of This Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Photographer Enjoys Day at the Atlanta Zoo
CALENDAR: Panel Discussion September 17 on the late Pat Conroy
BRACK: Voters on both sides lament “What to do?” in presidential race
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | If I have heard this once, I have heard it a dozen times this political year. It continues, here two months before the presidential election.
“I just don’t know what I’m going to do in the presidential election.”
It sometimes comes from Republicans. At other times, it comes from people who would normally vote Democratic.
8/16: On a new health center; Lack of good candidates; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Health Center, The Bridge, Opens Sept. 13 on Jimmy Carter Blvd.
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lack of Good Candidates May Be Factor in Democrats Losing
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
UPCOMING: County Ad Valorem Tax Bill Mailed; Taxes Due by October 15
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Leads State in Growth with 17,300 New Residents Last Year
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski
GEORGIA TIDBIT: LaGrange Native Chips Moman Finds Success in Music Business
CALENDAR: Classes Offered in CPR Training
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thoughts from America’s Longest Serving First Lady
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Stately Structure Would Take Forever To Paint
8/5: GOP convention report; Lots of dissatisfaction; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a Report from a Gwinnettian About the GOP Convention
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lots of Voters Just Not Happy With Either Political Party Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Dealerships
FEEDBACK: Four Readers Write on Same Political Subject Interpreting “Scandal”
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Adopts Record $171 Budget for Coming Year
NOTABLE: Ballet Scholarship Will Honor Former Board Member Rodney Camren
RECOMMENDED: Black Widow, by Daniel Silva
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Noble Jones Elected Delegate to Continental Congress, but Must Decline
CALENDAR: Open House Today for Gwinnett Council for Seniors in Lawrenceville
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Must First Happen Before We Fit Into Society
MYSTERY PHOTO: Send Us Your Own Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett College Holds Summer Graduation Ceremonies
BRACK: Questions arise now that presidential contest is almost settled
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher, GwinnettForum | You must admit that social media has been a mighty contributor to this 2016 political season.
In another way of saying this: look what we have done to ourselves.
We couldn’t get enough of Trump, or Bernie, and every so often, some of the other presidential candidates. So we turned inward, creating more bizarre buzzing for the political year.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 1, 2024
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
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2024 GENERAL ELECTION LINKS
ENDORSEMENTS
>> Click here to read GwinnettForum’s endorsements for the 2024 election — from president to local and state offices.
SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Spanish
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Korean/Chinese/Vietnamese
MULBERRY CANDIDATES
Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.
>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.
>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- 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.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
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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