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NEW for 6/23: Kitchen hijinks and closing bars earlier
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Strumming hijinks in a restaurant kitchen
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Help the shooting problem: Close the bars an hour earlier
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Norcross
FEEDBACK: Agree with comment about Pete Rose and baseball
UPCOMING: County considering keeping same tax rate for 2023
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners and Audi collaborate on advanced cellular
RECOMMENDED: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ga. Tech engineers improve 18-wheeler performance
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify one of our 779 lighthouses?
LAGNIAPPE: Taking part in the 191st Lawrenceville Camp Meeting
CALENDAR: Bluesberry Music Festival will be Saturday, June 24, in Norcross
NEW for 3/10: On corporate greed; Remembering Jim Hood; and the 1970s
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Is corporate greed the source of many of our problems?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Realtor Jim Hood and why Gwinnett grew
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering the 1970s, and Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl
FEEDBACK: Was not aware that anyone felt bad for rats
UPCOMING: County names Cephasto as is new fire chief
NOTABLE: PCOM students complete mission trip to Guatemala
RECOMMENDED: Confessions by Kanae Minato
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Three counties once came together in what is now Winder
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this six story classic building?
LAGNIAPPE: Southwest Chamber names Corbin Blue “Character” winner
CALENDAR: Civic breakfast, Women’s History Month
NEW for 1/24: On blessings, Fair Tax and more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three times blessed, and recalling 1876 presidential election
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fair Tax again introduced in Congress; E-mail from John Linder
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering bobby socks, short skirts and tennis shoes
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Partnership between Peachtree Corners and Fusus bolsters safety
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners launches non-profit rescue plan grant program
RECOMMENDED: Hi Pot on Buford Highway in Doraville.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William Parkins significant architect of many Atlanta buildings
MYSTERY PHOTO: More sunshine would brighten up this building. Where is it?
LAGNIAPPE: Youth cartoonists wanted
CALENDAR: Paxton visits at Norcross Cultural Arts Center on Jan. 26
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering bobby socks, short skirts and tennis shoes
By David Simmons | Years ago, after coming off the Appalachian Trail (AT) in late summer 1988, I ended up in Washington D.C., living on the top floor of a nine-story apartment building just across the street from the Department of Transportation. I could sit out on my balcony and see the Washington Monument and the reflecting pool, and listen to the nightly gunshots coming from off in the distance in northeast D.C.
ANOTHER VIEW: Pulling a fast one on your high school baseball coach
By David Simmons | Early spring, 1972, Greenfield, Indiana, varsity baseball practice, Saturday morning, cold, and six inches of snow on the ground. Our coach, former Greenfield High football star who wore double zero (00), known as Zeke, had cleared off a big patch of the parking lot so we could have practice using hard rubber baseballs.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 1, 2024
“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).
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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
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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
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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