By Jack Bernard | Now we learn that Trump did slightly better than he did in 2020, winning 49 percent of the popular vote. He got 76 million votes, two million more than in 2020. And Kamala Harris got 74 million votes. But Trump’s victory was not a “landslide” or “mandate” as FOX hosts would have you believe. He triumphed in the entire south and almost every state in middle America.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: You can help suffering hurricane victims here
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Some scary thoughts should the wrong person win
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Feels “the fix is in” about transit referendum
UPCOMING: 11th annual Suwanee Wine Fest coming Nov. 2
NOTABLE: GGC team studying Joro spider genetic make-up
RECOMMENDED: The Tragedy of Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Nellie Black organized women for improvements
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who is this person immortalized in stone?
LAGNIAPPE: Movie location overkill in traffic cones?
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre presents Dracula Oct. 18-20
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Voters face 2 constitutional amendments in November
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Little Allentown sends help to Hazlehurst
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: Seven tips for living with macular degeneration
FEEDBACK: Changing voting registration is most difficult
UPCOMING: Beebe, Clegg photos on exhibit at museum in Duluth
NOTABLE: FODAC is responding to hurricane onslaught
RECOMMENDED: Accidental Superpower, by Peter Zeihan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Federal Roads” opened land for migration
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this house with green shutters?
LAGNIAPPE: Northern Lights last week way down south
CALENDAR: Gwinnett’s Great Days of Service is scheduled this weekend
Today GwinnettForum presents, in their own words, unedited answers from candidates in non-partisan elections in the May 21 Gwinnett voting. Each of the candidates were asked the same four questions. GwinnettForum presents this as a public service, and at no cost to the candidates. Unfortunately, several candidates did not take the time to respond.
“There is a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.”
– Peanuts Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000).
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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