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NEW for 6/1: On researching traffic, paintings, PCOM accreditation
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC team researching decisions on real-time traffic
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What’s on your home’s walls? Two of our paintings have stories
ANOTHER VIEW: Physical Therapy program at PCOM gains accreditation
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Greg Perry is the new police chief in the City of Snellville
NOTABLE: County adopts new noise control ordinance as of June 1
RECOMMENDED: The Children’s Book by A. S. Byatt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Refounded Oglethorpe University opened doors in 1916
MYSTERY PHOTO: Natural light streams in from above in this Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Check out photos from the new Duluth Public Library on Main Street
NEW for 2/2: On Greene in Congress; School board; Aaron
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia and USA would be better off without Greene in Congress
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Faction on School Board could affect district’s accreditation
ANOTHER VIEW: Boyhood hero Hank Aaron continues to inspire
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: O’Lenick no longer effective on Elections Board; should resign
UPCOMING: Button statue at Peachtree Corners to connect with trail
NOTABLE: Senator Rahman is new chair of Gwinnett Senate Delegation
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Uncorked
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Journal of literature and art comes out of Georgia State University
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo asks what these numbers are doing on mountain
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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