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HOUSTON: “Keep Bill under control this time, President Rodham!”
By Debra Houston | Around and around we go! Who will be president? Nobody knows!
It is near midnight, November 8. Except for Hawaii, polls have closed and states are trending blue. CNN projects a winner. A triumphant Hillary Clinton stands at the podium, shoulders squared. “You’ve had a President Clinton,” she declares. “Now you’ll have a President Hillary Rodham!”
3/15: New college graduate; Gwinnett politics get hotter; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Loganville Resident Wins College Diploma 16 Years After Dropping Out
EEB PERSPECTIVE: While National Scene Plays Out, Local Politics Heating Up
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
UPCOMING: Fix-A-Leak Workshop Can Save Your Water….and Dollars
NOTABLE: Warbington Leads CID To Become Lawrenceville City Manager
RECOMMENDED: The Long Telegram by George Kennan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Dr. Pemberton Was Successful Druggist Before Inventing Coca-Cola
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Something To Make You Wonder
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where Photographer Shot This Beautiful River Scene
3/8: Muslim groups; Demise of GOP?; European trek
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Understanding the Differences in Muslim Organizations
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Could 2016 Be the Year for the Death of the Republican Party?
ANOTHER VIEW: Traveling Gwinnettian Learning as He Treks Through Europe
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Wants More Sidewalks from Subdivisions to the Parks
UPCOMING: Changes Coming to Braselton Farmer’s Market, which Opens in June
NOTABLE: Supporters Give $50,000 to Renovated Media Center at Norcross High
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Women Become Famous With Astonishing Vaudeville Acts
TODAY’S QUOTE: Lewis Grizzard Could Be Poetic, Too
MYSTERY PHOTO: What? This Library Does Not Contain Any Books?
3/4: Rail museum activities; political races; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lots of Activities Coming Up at Duluth’s Southeastern Rail Museum
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here We Go Again: Total of 60 State and Local Offices Open This Year
ANOTHER VIEW: WXIA Tells Position of Senator Unterman and Her Employment
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: One Goldwater Republican Plans To Sit Out Presidential Election
UPCOMING: Plant and Wildflower Symposium in Tifton
NOTABLE: Scouts Provide City of Suwanee with Multiple Projects
RECOMMENDED: Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Marquis de Lafayette, 67, Completes 400 Mile Trek across Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Way That The Right Looks Upon the Left
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical Building Seems Imposing; Just Where Is It?
2/26: Peachtree Corners concept; No casinos here; 2016 races
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Proposal For 39 Unused Acres To Upgrade Peachtree Corners
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Doesn’t Need Casino Gambling within Our Borders
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back at Presidential Campaigns in the Last 50 Years
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Comments about the Common Core and Local Goldfinches
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library To Launch Online High School This Spring
NOTABLE: ARC Releases New Region Plan, Its Long-Range Blueprint for Atlanta
RECOMMENDED: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh County Shouters Perform in Ancient African Tradition
TODAY’S QUOTE: Impressive Talents Worthless Without Motivation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Does This Stairway Lead, and in What City?
2/23: On Common Core, presidential delegates, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS President Speaks to Common Core and Uncommon Learning
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Delegate Count Important in Both Party’s Voting Next Tuesday
ANOTHER VIEW: Anti –Abortion Measures Before Legislature Are Deceptive
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: More on Peachtree Corners Tunnel and What Mama Taught
UPCOMING: Aurora Plans Annual Gala Marking 20th Anniversary on March 4
NOTABLE: North Gwinnett Teacher is Winn DAR Outstanding History Teacher
RECOMMENDED: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Southeastern Ring Shout One of Oldest Surviving African Traditions
TODAY’S QUOTE: Time to Listen to An Oracle
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Water To Consider When Looking at This Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: First Goldfinch of the Season Arrives at Lawrenceville Park
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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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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