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NEW for 4/25: On resisting; and on relaxing
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TODAY’S FOCUS: We must resist, reclaim, rebuild and be counted
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Get out and relax along the Chattahoochee River
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Money made from Birt book should go to the government
UPCOMING: Be alert, as another rabid raccoon found in Buford
NOTABLE: Gwinnett students score in the Shuler Music Theatre Awards
RECOMMENDED: Armageddon by Bart D. Ehrman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Columbus Museum hosts more than 90,000 visitors annually
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive cemetery is today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: SAR honors three Gwinnett officer for saving a life
CALENDAR: Curiosity Lab Criterium bike race takes place Wednesday
FOCUS: We must resist, reclaim, rebuild and be counted
By Ashley Herndon | We must counter corruption, inequality, false faiths and thievery. Fear is not a viable mechanism. Corruption is unsustainable as the wolf chases its tail. The snake will devour itself, so we must avoid the pitfalls of bogus populism. True populism is people power, not hateful corporate demagoguery.
NEW for 3/10: On corporate greed; Remembering Jim Hood; and the 1970s
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Is corporate greed the source of many of our problems?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Realtor Jim Hood and why Gwinnett grew
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering the 1970s, and Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl
FEEDBACK: Was not aware that anyone felt bad for rats
UPCOMING: County names Cephasto as is new fire chief
NOTABLE: PCOM students complete mission trip to Guatemala
RECOMMENDED: Confessions by Kanae Minato
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Three counties once came together in what is now Winder
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this six story classic building?
LAGNIAPPE: Southwest Chamber names Corbin Blue “Character” winner
CALENDAR: Civic breakfast, Women’s History Month
FOCUS: Is corporate greed the source of many of our problems?
By Ashley Herndon | This expansion of greed needs journalists and the owners of media to take notice and act. Where are Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jack Anderson, and William Serrin in today’s media? My best guess is the current corporate owners will not hire them unless they lie like the actors under the thumb of people like Fox, Newsmax, One America and ilk.
NEW for 3/3: On ‘plantation capitalism;’ police hiring; S&P 500
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here it comes again: misguided “Plantation Capitalism”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Action from 2006 might be harming police hiring
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: What variation in the S&P 500 tells us about the future
FEEDBACK: Disagrees with statements about Gwinnett schools
UPCOMING: County Chairman gives 2023 State of the County address
NOTABLE: GGC’s Super Saturday STEM program aims at sixth graders
RECOMMENDED: Acai Bowl in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Bibb Manufacturing was key element in textiles in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps you can make headway on today’s photograph?
LAGNIAPPE: Oooops. The last identification was wrong
CALENDAR: Lionheart Theatre of Norcross has new presentation
NEW for 2/10: On Lincoln, decorum and civility
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Words of Lincoln have meaning for our country today
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s a sad time when those in Congress heckle a president
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Riding a bike to kindergarten would be “too dangerous”
UPCOMING: Community recycling will be Feb. 11 at Gwinnett Fairgrounds
NOTABLE: Amber Walden is Gwinnett Tech instructor of the year
RECOMMENDED: The Writing Class by Jincey Willtt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sam Jones was the South’s most famous minister in the 19th century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful structures near the water ask for your identification
CALENDAR: North Gwinnett Kiwanis Father-Daughter dance is February 10-11
FOCUS: Words of Lincoln have meaning for our country today
By Ashley Herndon | What a wonderful world. What a wonderful force…but wrongful motivation destroys. The primary motivations in settling North America were religious freedom, commercial opportunity, political freedom, and individual property rights for individual persons or a group, such as in Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
NEW for 1/24: On blessings, Fair Tax and more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three times blessed, and recalling 1876 presidential election
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fair Tax again introduced in Congress; E-mail from John Linder
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering bobby socks, short skirts and tennis shoes
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Partnership between Peachtree Corners and Fusus bolsters safety
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners launches non-profit rescue plan grant program
RECOMMENDED: Hi Pot on Buford Highway in Doraville.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William Parkins significant architect of many Atlanta buildings
MYSTERY PHOTO: More sunshine would brighten up this building. Where is it?
LAGNIAPPE: Youth cartoonists wanted
CALENDAR: Paxton visits at Norcross Cultural Arts Center on Jan. 26
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 24, 2024
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
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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