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NEW for 4/7: Chicken, cow, Kemp, Morgan and home
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Feels Governor Brian Kemp Is a Throwback to the “Wool Hat Boys”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hansel Morgan Sr. Served Buford and Gwinnett County with Distinction
ANOTHER VIEW: Staying Home, and Adapting To New Ways of Doing Things
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Possible Long Term Monetary Policy, and a Certain Corporal
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center for the Arts Named Atlanta Native as New Director
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $142,257 In COVID-19 Assistance
RECOMMENDED: Sidewalk Art
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon’s Peyton Anderson Foundation Supports Middle Georgia Area
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues, Clues, Clues Stare Out at You in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Turning an Asset Into Another Type of Help During Corona
NEW for 4/3: Courts functioning; Voting by mail; Importance of trucking
Click here to read today’s 20th anniversary edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Order in the Courts Continues During Judicial Emergency
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Will Current Dilemma Cause Georgia To Consider Voting By Mail?
ANOTHER VIEW: Trucking Industry Vital In Emergency Times Like These
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: Applauds Gwinnettians for Willingness to Comply with Restrictions
UPCOMING: Good Attendance at Gwinnett Rotary Club First Virtual Meeting
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Salvation Army Helping Those Struggling with COVID-19
RECOMMENDED: The Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Civil Rights Leader Joseph Lowery Had Distinguished Career
MYSTERY PHOTO: What’s The Name and Location of This Bridge?
BRACK: Will current dilemma cause Georgia to consider voting by mail?
By Elliott Brack | Any time a situation is developing, once a leader has the facts, a good leader acts quickly.
That’s what Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger did in mailing absentee ballot applications to all Georgia voters this week. Anticipating continual coronavirus problems possible on the May 19 Georgia primary, he took action to allow voters, if they choose, to vote by absentee ballot, which is essentially voting by mail.
NEW for 3/31: Stay-at-home order; Bus drivers deliver meals
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Stay at Home Order to Remain At Least Until April 13
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett School Bus Drivers Deliver Meals to Gwinnett Students
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: GwinnettCares Providing Food During School’s Spring Break
NOTABLE: Deadline Is Wednesday for Application for Homestead Exemption
RECOMMENDED: Child’s Play by Danielle Steel
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Peachtree City, a Planned Community, Was First Chartered in 1959
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not So Beautiful a Mystery, But May Be Difficult to Pinpoint
LAGNIAPPE: A Beautiful Dogwood Gives Inspiration at Vines Garden Park
BRACK: Gwinnett school bus drivers delivering meals to students
By Elliott Brack | School may have been out in Gwinnett County for the last two weeks, but school buses were still running….this time on 498 routes delivering meals to students, not delivering students to school. While there will be no meals delivered this week during the system’s Spring Break, meal delivery will start again on Monday, April 6.
NEW for 3/27: On virus’s economic impact; Grocery shopping; Quarantining
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Where Will the CoViD-19 Pandemic Hit the Economy Next?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Morning Grocery Shopping Finds Unusually Easy Maneuvering
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Guy Who Had Training for Today’s Quarantine Situation
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Administration’s Public Health Failure Open for All to See
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s The Water Tower To Begin Training Professionals Soon
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Open, But Limiting Visitors Inside at a Time
RECOMMENDED: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: J & J Industries of Dalton, Makes Broadloom Carpet Since 1950s
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Doesn’t Ask Where, But Instead “What?”
NEW for 3/24: Commuting, shutdowns and Founding Fathers
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Morning Commute Time in Atlanta: Strange Driving Is Normal
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Major Widespread Shutdowns Create Another World for Most of Us
ANOTHER VIEW: You Might Be Surprised at the Ages of Founding Fathers
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Had a Relative Who Died in Philadelphia of Spanish Flu
UPCOMING: County Parks Limit Hours and Close Certain Areas During Virus
NOTABLE: Community Foundation Well on Way To Raising Fund for COVID-19
RECOMMENDED: Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Present Georgia State Capitol Opens amid Celebration in 1889
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unique Images are in This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Go Bird Walking with Southern Wings on March 28
NEW for 3/20: Health system; Virus reaction; Trust
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Linking the War of 1812 and a Single Pay Health System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Today’s Speedy Reaction to Virus Stems from 1918 Action in St. Louis
ANOTHER VIEW: Checking Out Who Among The Electorate Is Being Trusted
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: UGA Press Also Re-Publishing Harris on Coastal Protection
UPCOMING: Gwinnett County Operating Under Local Emergency Situation
NOTABLE: Local Charities Get $52,000 from Jackson EMC Foundation
RECOMMENDED: A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: In 1883 Lawmakers Approve Construction of Present State Capitol
MYSTERY PHOTO: Graceful Courthouse Awaits Your Inspection and Detection
Gwinnett Forum | July 2, 2024
“If it weren’t for my lawyer, I’d still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.”
– Syndicated Cartoonist Joe Martin, “Mister Boffo,” (1945 -).
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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