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NEW for 10/29: From standing up to pressure to sound institutions

NEW for 10/29: From standing up to pressure to sound institutions

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Standing up to pressure to keep elections honest
EEB PERSPECTIVE:  Sound institutions, good leadership, develop prosperity
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: A million died from Trump’s pandemic ineptness
UPCOMING: Suwanee wins second annual food fight vs. Sugar Hill
NOTABLE: GGC lecturer returns from Fulbright in Uganda
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jam band Widespread Panic out of the mid-1980s
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clouds surround this seaside mansion
CALENDAR: America Recycles Day is Saturday, Nov. 2

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by · October 29, 2024 · Full issues
Raffensperger

FOCUS: Standing up to pressure to keep elections honest

By Andy Brack | It’s the second day of a new year just after a presidential election  and you pick up the phone.  At one point, the guy on the other end of the line says, “All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes , which is one more that we have because we won the state.” 

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by · October 29, 2024 · Today's Focus
Dixon

BRACK: A cheer for Senator Dixon for proposing higher chair’s salary

By Elliott Brack  |  Let’s hear a brisk “Hurrah” to Republican Senator Clint Dixon of Buford. Recently he announced that he would seek legislation to increase the salary of the Gwinnett County Commission chairman.   The position of chair of the County Commission is the lowest in the five-county metro Atlanta area, being paid $86,920 annually.

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by · December 20, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 5/21: On equity, Raffensperger

NEW for 5/21: On equity, Raffensperger

Click here to read the latest edition.” In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett seeks proposals for two plans focusing on equity
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s the thinking behind Raffensperger’s 2020 actions
ANOTHER VIEW:
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Remembering the way written correspondence was once done
UPCOMING: Norcross on record condemning hate crimes, discrimination and racism
NOTABLE: Scientist at Georgia Gwinnett College explains cicada emergence
RECOMMENDED: The Premonition by Michael Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early exploration of Georgia carried out by the Spanish
MYSTERY PHOTO: Small cemetery is this issue’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Rose bushes are happy in their blossoming out at this time of year
CALENDAR: Memorial Day ceremony in Gwinnett will be virtual in 2021

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by · May 21, 2021 · Full issues