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NEW for 7/17: “Interesting times;” High-quality candidates; Future jobs

NEW for 7/17: “Interesting times;” High-quality candidates; Future jobs

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TODAY’S FOCUS: These “Interesting Times” Remind One of Otto von Bismark
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s Gratifying To See Many High-Quality Political Candidates in 2020
ANOTHER VIEW: White and Blue Collar Jobs May Be Most Scarce in the Future
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Liberalism, the Enlighenment, Slavery and Changing Minds
UPCOMING: Pandemic Causes Two Annual Events in Gwinnett To Be Cancelled
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College Exceeds Fund Drive for Emergencies
RECOMMENDED: The Perfect Wife by J. P. Delaney
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Communicable Disease Center Organized in Atlanta in 1946
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Tombstone Has a Distinct Background and Is Today’s Mystery

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by · July 17, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Good to see many high-quality political candidates in 2020

BRACK: Good to see many high-quality political candidates in 2020

By Elliott Brack  |  Spending a year in graduate school at the University of Iowa, I became a regular reader of the region’s most influential newspaper of that day, The Chicago Tribune. It was a rock-ribbed stalwart Republican newspaper of high quality.  With gusto, it covered Chicago and the Midwest.  It had one feature I remembered when I came back to Georgia to get into newspapering. 

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by · July 17, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 7/7: On community policing, blue Georgia, Chinese drugs

NEW for 7/7: On community policing, blue Georgia, Chinese drugs

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norcross Police Surprise Locals with Birthday Roll-Ups
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Evidence Suggests Possibility of Georgia Becoming Blue in November
ANOTHER VIEW: Dependence on Chinese Drugs Production Is Threat to USA’s Health
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: The Greatest Harm May Be That Which We Cannot See 
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Inaugurates Night Market on July 10
NOTABLE: Duluth Rotary Club Provides Meal on July 4 for Police Department
RECOMMENDED: Video about the Star Spangled Banner
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Naval Air Station Located in Metro Atlanta Until 2009
MYSTERY PHOTO: Watery Location Asks for Your Identification of This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Bright Full Moon Rises at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville
CALENDAR: Free Movie on Peachtree Corners Town Green on July 11

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by · July 7, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Evidence suggests possibility of blue Georgia in November

BRACK: Evidence suggests possibility of blue Georgia in November

By Elliott Brack  |  While it appears that Gwinnett County could see many of its local offices land in the Democratic column come November, that’s most likely not true of the majority of the counties in Georgia. While the larger cities of the state may report in the Democratic column, much of the state, including the Legislature, will no doubt remain in control of the Republican Party.

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by · July 7, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 7/3: From crazy world to changed election, more

NEW for 7/3: From crazy world to changed election, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: From U.S. Grant, to the Dixie Chicks, the World Has Gone Crazy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A Perfect Storm from COVID-19 Resulted in a Changed Primary Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflections about Memorial Day and the George Floyd Incident
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: While Reading Ashley Herndon, the Tears Started To Flow
UPCOMING: Gwinnett CARES Act Program Has $20 Million Available 
NOTABLE: Arts Organizations in County Get $51,000 from Explore Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD Review:  Six Months That Changed the World by Professor Margaret MacMillan 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Drip Irrigation Technique Emits Precise Steady Drip for Crops
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Fourth of July, Here’s What May Be a Cream Puff Mystery
CALENDAR: Two Farmers Markets in Gwinnett To Be Open This Weekend

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by · July 3, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Perfect storm from COVID-19 resulted in changed primary 

BRACK: Perfect storm from COVID-19 resulted in changed primary 

By Elliott Brack  |  It was a perfect storm that changed a primary election. If our world had not been in the COVID-19 pandemic, the outcome of the Georgia Primary could have been different. 

Here’s why. Never before have so many Georgians voted by absentee ballot  Statewide, there were 1,149,469  absentee ballots cast, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.  (Poll officials were overwhelmed with counting this many absentee ballots.) Back in 2016, as a comparison, only 36,986 absentee ballots were cast in the primary. 

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by · July 3, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 6/16: Youth camp; Election counts continue; New police chief

NEW for 6/16: Youth camp; Election counts continue; New police chief

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Groups Combine To Present Online Norcross Nature Youth Camp Soon
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Election Counting of Returns Continues; Some Local Races Still in Doubt
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett 
FEEDBACK: Remembering the Humanity Shown by the Neighborhood Policeman
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Courts To Inaugurate Electronic Filing of Documents June 24
NOTABLE: Snellville Officials Proud of the Way Youth Organized Parade
RECOMMENDED: The Empty Family by Colm Toibin 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: After 1970, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Unravels
MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify This Furniture and Location for the new Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Finds More Dinosaurs Gracing the County

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by · June 16, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Election count continues; Some local races still in doubt

BRACK: Election count continues; Some local races still in doubt

By Elliott Brack  |  Elections returns in Gwinnett County are still not final after voting a week ago.  Officials tell GwinnettForum that they hope to finish the counting of multiple absentee votes by possibly this week and certify the election.

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by · June 16, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Next County Commission chair won’t be Gwinnett native

BRACK: Next County Commission chair won’t be Gwinnett native

By Elliott Brack  |  Politics are changing in Gwinnett. The next chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission will not be born and raised in Harbins, Pinckneyville, Buford, Lawrenceville or Snellville. The next chairman will either be a native of Providence, R.I, Akron, Ohio, or possibly even Jamaica.

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by · June 12, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 6/5: Cosmic ray research; Missing baseballs; Endorsement list

NEW for 6/5: Cosmic ray research; Missing baseballs; Endorsement list

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mercer Professor in Study of Cosmic Rays from South Pole Lab
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Missing Baseballs from Riots and Two Public Officials Taking Action
SECOND VIEW: Here’s GwinnettForum’s List of Endorsed Primary Candidates 
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Enjoy Hearing from Four Readers Addressing Varied Subjects
UPCOMING: GGC President Issues Letter of Recent Events and Leadership
NOTABLE: Community Foundation of NE Georgia Exceeds Million Dollar Goal
RECOMMENDED: I’m Ready to Talk, Compiled by Robert Babcock
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Elijah Clarke One of the Few Revolutionary War Heroes of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Apparently Quiet and Peaceful Setting Is Today’s Mystery Photo

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by · June 5, 2020 · Full issues
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