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11/15: Three views on the 2016 election; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Had Clinton Won Florida and Wisconsin, She Would Be President-Elect
EEB PERSPECTIVE: He’s Our Nation’s New President; We Wish Donald Trump Solid Success
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump Has No Mandate; United States Remains a Divided Country
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Likes Forum Vetting Candidates and Giving Readers’ Recommendations
UPCOMING: Celebrate America Recycles Day at Coolray Field on November 19
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Parks Wins State’s Top Award Among Big Counties
RECOMMENDED: White Trash: by Nancy Isenberg
GEORGIA TIDBIT: With Talmadge Looming, Senator George Decided Against Candidacy
TODAY’S QUOTE: About Hate and the People We Don’t Know
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two or Three Dead Giveaway Clues in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Canadian Consul General Visits Georgia Gwinnett Campus
FOCUS: Had Clinton Won Florida and Wisconsin, she would be president-elect
By Andy Brack, Charleston, S.C. | Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged?
Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered just over 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the country, won the electoral college, we wouldn’t hear the end of the election being rigged.
11/4: Police as guardians; Recap of endorsements; Next in politics
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Police As Guardians When Confronting Situations in Crisis
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are GwinnettForum’s Choices in Tuesday’s General Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back on Presidential Campaign, and What Might Happen
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Suggests Three Reasons To Vote Against Ballot’s Amendment Two
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offering The 12 Dates of Christmas on Stage Soon
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners New City Manager To Begin Work November 21
RECOMMENDED: The Magnolia Story by Joanna and Chip Gaines, with Mark Dagostino
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Trio Exercises Dominance over State Politics for Many Years
TODAY’S QUOTE: Is All This Political Conviction Coming From People Second-Handed?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Learning More about the Wild West Days
LAGNIAPPE: Pam Hoffman Gets Award from District Parks-Recreation Group
CALENDAR: Red, Blue and You Event, Friday, November 18, at 11:30 a.m. at Coolray Field
A. BRACK: On presidential campaign and what might happen
By Andy Brack | Come November 8, Southerners will cast about 33 million votes in this oddest and nastiest of presidential elections. Of those, more than 15 million will be for the Democrat, Hillary Clinton. That’s a lot of blue living in what most assume is just red.
Yes, our region, just like our nation, is more purple than just red or blue.
Recent polls indicate Clinton likely will replicate Southern electoral victories by Barack Obama in 2008, with narrow wins in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. Republican nominee Donald Trump likely will carry the other Southern states, but 45 percent to 48 percent of voters in each probably won’t vote for him, based on past results.
8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee’s Ga-PCOM Observes 10th Anniversary in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Contributed Column Highlights Book by Former Gwinnettian
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Lawrenceville Attorney and Judge Gene Reeves
FEEDBACK: Both Parties Fudge on Their Historical Accomplishments
UPCOMING: Lilburn Woman’s Club Planning Seminar on Suicide Prevention
NOTABLE: Ivy Prep Names Recognized Education Leader as Director
RECOMMENDED READ: Andrew’s Brain by E. L. Doctorow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Fall Line Important in Transportation Efforts
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Groucho Marx Might Have Been President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nearby Falls Easily Recognized by Several People
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Re-bidding Veteran’s Memorial at Towne Center
BRACK: Forgiveness captured in book by former Gwinnettian
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher, Charleston Currents | The whole notion of forgiveness has been in the front of many people’s minds in the weeks since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church. Just how, they wonder, could family members of the victims, one after another, forgive the accused shooter so quickly after such a reprehensible deed?
One pastor explains forgiving is the natural, almost instinctive reaction of people whose lives are based on a deep faith in God. Because of faith, they already feel forgiven for the sins they confess to their maker. When an evil was done to members of their family, forgiveness was the way for the faithful person to cope and react.
Full issue, June 23: Summerour school, Charleston shooting, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Captain Planet Endorses Summerour Middle’s Growing Edge
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Charleston shooting brings sadness, shock, anger, frustration
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s Look at Obamacare; Is It Working as It Should?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Ham Radio Operators Plan National Field Day
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech’s Construction Management Program Wins Acceptance
RECOMMENDED READ: Every Bitter Thing is Sweet, by Sara Hagarty
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Young Harris College Thriving Now as Four Year Institution
TODAY’S QUOTE: When you think about self, remember this
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who Can Identify This Popular Area?
LAGNIAPPE: A Really Cool Place To Beat the Summer Heat
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
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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