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NEW for 10/18: On helping Helene victims, the White House and a spider
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
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
NEW for 10/15: On constitutional amendments and Allentown’s helping hands
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
FOCUS: Read what these candidates say about themselves
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.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 8, 2024
“The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.”
– British biologist and writer Sir Peter B. Medawar (1915-1987).
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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