By B.J. Van Gundy | Two weeks ago it was my honor to be one of the 76 GOP Delegates to represent Georgia at the Republican National Convention. I have now attended several conventions and the feeling of appreciation for those that put their faith in me to represent them, as well as the excitement, has not diminished since my first national convention in San Diego in 1996.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Encourages “Never” Candidates To Sit This Year’s Voting Out
EEB PERSPECTIVE: More Understanding and Education To Understand Islam
ANOTHER VIEW: Calls for End of Partisan Gerrymandering in Georgia and Nation
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
UPCOMING: Suwanee City Hall Comes Alive with Student 3-D Art
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $44,485 to Gwinnett Charities
RECOMMENDED: The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Russell Library at UGA Established Without Federal Funds
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill EpiCenter Groundbreaking is June 22
TODAY’S QUOTE: Watch Out to Hanging onto Resentment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try Your Hand at Locating This Series of Buildings
By Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners, Ga. | Our country now has two major-party, presumptive candidates for president: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. Of course, counting only these two omits candidates from other parties, such as the Libertarian and Green Parties, who have little chance to win the presidency, but who may play spoiler roles by pulling votes away from the two major parties’ candidates.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher, GwinnettForum | You must admit that social media has been a mighty contributor to this 2016 political season.
In another way of saying this: look what we have done to ourselves.
We couldn’t get enough of Trump, or Bernie, and every so often, some of the other presidential candidates. So we turned inward, creating more bizarre buzzing for the political year.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | When you anticipate running for political office, you can never tell what may throw any well-planned campaign off the tracks.
Most statewide offices are not up for grabs this year. Only the contest for a seat on the Public Service Commission is on the ballot, statewide, this year. There are three candidates for that six-year term.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: DUI Convictions Are Not Only Expensive Propositions but Last Forever
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Italy’s Berlusconi and Trump Come from Similar Backgrounds
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: FBI Needs to Try To Tap Into Phone, Without the Help of Apple
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Offering “Bright Ideas” Grants to School Teachers
NOTABLE: PCOM Elects David McCleskey to its Board of Trustees
RECOMMENDED: The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Long Serving Georgian Naval Officer Scuttles Confederate’s Merrimac
TODAY’S QUOTE: Considering What Is Infinite and What Might Not Be
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell from the Snow Where This Is Located?
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Resident Wins DAR Outstanding Veteran Volunteer Award
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Understanding the Differences in Muslim Organizations
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Could 2016 Be the Year for the Death of the Republican Party?
ANOTHER VIEW: Traveling Gwinnettian Learning as He Treks Through Europe
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Wants More Sidewalks from Subdivisions to the Parks
UPCOMING: Changes Coming to Braselton Farmer’s Market, which Opens in June
NOTABLE: Supporters Give $50,000 to Renovated Media Center at Norcross High
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Women Become Famous With Astonishing Vaudeville Acts
TODAY’S QUOTE: Lewis Grizzard Could Be Poetic, Too
MYSTERY PHOTO: What? This Library Does Not Contain Any Books?
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | This year you may be seeing right before your eyes the death of the Republican Party in national politics. If it happens, we lament it. (We feel that our country benefits by have a strong two party system.) It appears that the GOP could find itself threatened in this crazy political year.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Is this the year of the Trump?
It looks more like it every day. The voting today in 11 states could open the way, it would appear, toward the Trump nomination as the GOP candidate. Efforts over the last few days to meld together old-line Republicans in solid opposition just didn’t work.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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