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NEW for 1/10: On Robert E. Lee, courage and more on guns
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TODAY’S FOCUS: When GwinnettForum has a story about guns, you can bet on letters
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Book about Robert E. Lee changed my mind on military base names
ANOTHER VIEW: Which state will have the courage to turn things around?
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Vagrant riders on MARTA can give Atlanta a bad name
UPCOMING: GGC offering free exercise program starting January 30
OBITUARIES: Deborah (Debbie) Lee Mason
RECOMMENDED: The Sagas of the Icelanders, multiple translations
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Patrick Hues Mell influential educator and educator in 19th century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lighthouse on a cliff is this edition’s mystery
CALENDAR: Service to honor veterans is postponed
NEW for 10/28: On Franco’s Spain; World Series; Car tires
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Writer remembers article describing fascist Spain
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hope the Astros win the Series, and Baker gets a ring
ANOTHER VIEW: If you don’t put many miles on your car, rotate your tires
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Appreciates offering about Constitutional Amendments
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Plans Harvest Fest on November 12
NOTABLE: Applications close soon for those seeking emergency rental help
OBITUARIES: Carolyn Morris Collins
RECOMMENDED: The Search for Bridey Murphy by Morey Bernstein
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Former Norcross firm now a Foundation benefitting local charities
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us about this photograph, but also tell us about its roof
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville’s Hooper-Renwick themed library to open in 2024
CALENDAR: Snellville Commerce meets Nov. 1 at Summit Chase Country Club
FOCUS: Writer remembers article describing fascist Spain
By Ashley Herndon | In this election cycle before any of us endorse theocratic proto-fascism as a “good” alternative to our democratic republic, understand a miserably failed movement .
“Spain’s Francisco Franco called himself Caudillo, meaning ‘strongman,’ and once in power, quickly began stripping away social freedoms. Up to the early 1930s, Spain (having overcome some historical terrors,) was among Europe’s most progressive countries.”
NEW for 10/4: On the Supreme Court and weekend sports
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Considering the Supreme Court and its recent decisions
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Atlanta sports fans after last weekend have big smiles
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County needs 2,500 workers for November General Election
NOTABLE: Gwinnett County park system wins national accreditation
OBITUARIES: James Perry Dykes III
RECOMMENDED: Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hurricane of 1893 makes landfall south of Tybee Island
MYSTERY PHOTO: Could this be a sculpture, art piece, commemoration or what?
CALENDAR: Rescheduled Elisha Winn Fair is this weekend in Dacula
FOCUS: Considering the Supreme Court and its recent decisions
By Ashley Herndon | Our Supreme Court SMOTE us with various verdicts this summer. With each, another nail hit the coffin of our democracy. The attack was led and controlled by the ultraconservative theocratic religious right. If you do not feel helpless in halting this fast-moving train wreck, then “you just might be one.”
NEW for 7/26: Updated song; thoughts on Liz Cheney
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Applying recent insurrection to popular gospel song
EEB PERSPECTIVE: January 6 hearings show Liz Cheney being highly responsible
ANOTHER VIEW: Some thoughts when you feel old age creeping up
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Remember when you used them to wrap fish, too?
UPCOMING: PCOM to graduate 75 new master’s degree holders this morning
NOTABLE: GGC students have option of attending summer resource camps
RECOMMENDED: Alienist by Caleb Carr
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Stevens and Wilkinson was major architectural firm since 1947
MYSTERY PHOTO: Bright red objects are for you to guess about today
CALENDAR: GGC president to address Snellville Commerce Club on August 2
NEW for 6/21: On a hospital, Maine and Jan. 6
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TODAY’S FOCUS: How GMC became Northside Hospital Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: As lobsters go, so goes the great State of Maine
ANOTHER VIEW: January 6 was similar to Germany’s Kristallnacht
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Finds another use for the timer on her microwave
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf CID expanding, adding 22 taxable properties
NOTABLE: Georgia Thomas, Shuler winner, heads for Jimmy Awards
RECOMMENDED: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia invades British Florida three times, all unsuccessful
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ancient stone building reminds someone of Europe
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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