By Elliott Brack | If you are a native Georgian, let me suggest you almost have a duty to tell those who come here from other states about Georgia’s wonderful coastland, particularly about the gem on the Georgia coast, Jekyll Island. Actually, Georgia’s approximately 100 miles of coastland has many wonderful areas to visit, from Tybee Island on the north to almost-pristine Cumberland Island on the south.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Water Seen as Unifying Force as It Will Flow Through Sugar Hill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Great Diversity Makes One Newcomer Feel Comfortable
ANOTHER VIEW: The Joys of a Five Year Old Being Buried on the Beach Up to His Head
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Peachtree Corners Council Determined To Build Unwanted Bridge
UPCOMING: Aging Expo for 50 and Over at Infinite Energy Center on June 3
NOTABLE: Snellville Resident Wins Highest Honors Award at VMI
RECOMMENDED: OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
GEORGIA TIDBIT: From Daguerreotypes to Kodachrome, See 18,000 Photos of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Working at a Fire Hydrant Factory Produces
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Memorial Day Weekend, Where Is This Memorial?
LAGNIAPPE: Clean-Up of Bromolow Creek Wetlands Proves Successful
CALENDAR: PCOM Awards Degrees to 265 Students on Friday
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
ENDORSEMENTS
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SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Spanish
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Korean/Chinese/Vietnamese
MULBERRY CANDIDATES
Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.
>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.
>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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