By Elliott Brack | With the Georgia primary now scheduled to be held on June 19, it gives GwinnettForum a little more time to make contact with candidates who have opposition in the Georgia primary. Actually, we’ve made pretty good progress this year, having talked to 73 candidates so far, in order to get to know them.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Master Gardeners on March 16 To Hear Cris Force about Healthy Soils
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Whew! Total of 135 Candidates Running on Gwinnett Primary Ballot
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Government Has Role To Play, But Not To Be Central To Our Lives
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Rotarians Anticipating Visit by Rotary International President
NOTABLE: Braselton Community Now Has Its Own Paid Weekly Newspaper
RECOMMENDED: A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Appalachian Studies Pioneer Helen Lewis Lives in Abington, Va.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Winding Road, Seashore, Hills May Guide You To Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Flowering Trees Throughout Gwinnett Give Another Indication of Coming of Spring
CALENDAR: Lilburn, Norcross Planning Festivities Around St. Patrick’s Day
By Elliott Brack | The 2020 primary in Gwinnett opened the floodgates for candidates, as there are 135 people on the Gwinnett ballot seeking to get elected and begin serving January 1, 2021. However, only 17 political candidates are moving to the General Election without an opponent, including four Superior Court and four State Court candidates, plus the magistrate judge.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: State of Georgia Is Usurping County Power in Monuments Legislation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Census Forms Coming Soon To Your House; Beware of Census Scams
ANOTHER VIEW: Other Democracies Change; Why Does the USA Cling to Old Ideas?
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: It’ll Cost you $1.20 in Postage To Mail Back in An Absentee Ballot
UPCOMING: Three CIDs Help Fund Study of 6.6 Mile Boulevard Corridor
NOTABLE: Chamber Names Paul Oh as New Manager of Community Affairs
RECOMMENDED: The Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Helen M. Lewis Concentrates on Appalachian People
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Looks Like a Cold, Wet Area
LAGNIAPPE: A Little Bluebird Become Harbinger of Spring for Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Climate Change Discussion March 8 at Peachtree Corners Library
By Elliott Brack | In a few days, between March 12-20, each household in the United States will receive a letter from the U.S. Census, asking all households to participate in the official head count as of April 1, 2020. The count will let us know how many people live in each city, county and state in the country. This Census, done every10 years since 1790, forms the basis to determine how many representatives each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives, and also is used for drawing up Georgia Senate and House districts, plus county commission and school board districts.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Recognize that a Quarter for a Shopping Cart May Be Cheap Insurance
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia’s Impact on the Presidential Race Getting Less and Less Likely
ANOTHER VIEW: Do Something To Reduce Frenzy at Presidential Debate
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Another Consideration of What Causes Fluctuations in the Market
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Place Area To Get New Apartment Complex, The Rey
NOTABLE: Building with Earlier Functions Now Houses Kudzu Gallery and Studios
RECOMMENDED: Gods and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Whites, Blacks, and Other Persons Took Turns Exhorting Converts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Monumental Structure Over Street is New Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Organizations Participate in Patriotic Observance in Gainesville
CALENDAR: Learn about the 1895 Cotton State Exposition Tonight at Environmental Center
By Elliott Brack | Watching the Democrats wrangle for the nomination for president is much like watching a sporting event. Except that is long and drawn out, not so much like a fast-paced basketball game as it is an ever-so-boring, several-day cricket match. Add to this that the political commentators have a field day of putting out new views daily based on the sketchiest of information, the little matters that doesn’t amount to much.
By Elliott Brack | Have you noticed? The Gwinnett Republican Party has so far about vanished in the run-up to this political season. The once-strong and dominant party is having difficulty finding candidates to run for local political offices, that is, compared to the Gwinnett Democratic Party. If anything, the Democrats are awash with candidates.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Redner To Leave Post with Community Foundation of NE Georgia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats Welcome Bloomberg and Slowly Move Toward Nominee
ANOTHER VIEW: Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Health Plan in Detail; No Others Have
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Troubled By President’s Attempt To Interfere with Judicial Process
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers Seeking National Anthem Performers for 2020 Season
NOTABLE: GMC Medical Foundation Soars Past $30 Million Goal to $43 Million
RECOMMENDED: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Estuaries Valuable for Crab, Fish, Shrimp and Other Shellfish
MYSTERY PHOTO: Color of Houses May Hint to Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Rose Day Coming Up February 29 at Bogan Road Community Center
By Elliott Brack | Five Democratic debate candidates for president “welcomed” Mike Bloomberg to the debate stage Wednesday night, all seeking to take the late-blooming Bloomberg down a notch from his purchased double-digit showing in the polls. So far Mr. Bloomberg has not faced the voters. We’ll see Saturday what the Nevada caucus thinks of him, then follow the South Carolina primary on February 29 to see if Mr. Bloomberg has any real traction with voters.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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