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NEW for 10/15: On constitutional amendments and Allentown’s helping hands
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Voters face 2 constitutional amendments in November
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Little Allentown sends help to Hazlehurst
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: Seven tips for living with macular degeneration
FEEDBACK: Changing voting registration is most difficult
UPCOMING: Beebe, Clegg photos on exhibit at museum in Duluth
NOTABLE: FODAC is responding to hurricane onslaught
RECOMMENDED: Accidental Superpower, by Peter Zeihan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Federal Roads” opened land for migration
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this house with green shutters?
LAGNIAPPE: Northern Lights last week way down south
CALENDAR: Gwinnett’s Great Days of Service is scheduled this weekend
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 17, 2024
“I think this one will make a noise in the world.”
— Comment from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in Vienna after Ludwig Beethoven played the piano for him. (December 16 is believed to be Beethoven’s birthday in 1770 in Bonn.)
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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