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NEW for 5/21: Education reflections, election hiking and inflation
Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Local citizen looks back on time as a Georgia Regent
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Candidates should give voters a break on election day
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
ANOTHER VIEW: Continued inflation: Are rate cuts in jeopardy?
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: ARC funds $280,000 for traffic study in Gateway85 CID
RECOMMENDED: James Oglethorpe by Michael L. Thurmond
OBITUARY: James Ferguson Pack
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Growing grains is important in Georgia agriculture
MYSTERY PHOTO: Statue of two people kissing is today’s mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Northside Medical Buford opens
CALENDAR: Cox will visit the Peachtree Corners Library
NEW for 5/13: New co-working space; World’s Fairs; the economy
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: GAC opens Ignite Center, a co-working space
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why you don’t hear much about World’s Fair anymore
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking at what professionals think of the economy
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Neither of last two presidents served in the military
UPCOMING: Commissioner Watkins will be speaker at Memorial Day gathering
NOTABLE: Jones re-elected to Georgia Transmission board
RECOMMENDED: What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry Md, Ph.D
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Bulloch was naval agent for the Confederate states
MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of clues await you in today’s mystery
CALENDAR: Ex-Chairman Charlotte Nash speaks May 16 to Gwinnett Historic Society
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?
1/21: On Eliza Pinckney; Impeachment; Economy
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Eliza Pinckney Famous in Her Own Right in South Carolina
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Impeachment Trial May Be Democrats’ Last Hope To Oust Trump
ANOTHER VIEW: Appears the Economy Is Chugging Along; Enjoy It Now
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Here Are a Few Solutions To Inform The Fearful Electorate
UPCOMING: New Community Foundation Non-Profit Academy Begins Soon
RECOMMENDED: In Search of Mary Shelley, the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Plant Life Abounds on Many of Georgia’s Granite Outcrops
MYSTERY PHOTO: Aerial Photo of Countryside Is Today’s Mystery Picture
CALENDAR: Elections Board Building To Be Named for Beauty Baldwin
7/26: Business court model; British leader system; Economic policies
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Judge Explains Why Gwinnett Will Participate in Business Court Model
EEB PERSPECTIVE: That Brit System of Picking a New Leader Can Have Its Advantages
ANOTHER VIEW: Looks to Democratic Economic Policies To Signal Nation’s Recovery
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: Found Interest on Article from Encyclopedia about George Peabody
UPCOMING: Two Named To Head New Physical Education Program at PCOM
NOTABLE: County Seeks To Improve Operations of Gwinnett County Transit
RECOMMENDED: Aspirations of the Heart, by Katie Hart-Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Union Forces Block Chattahoochee River, Causing CSA Problems
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s the Greatest Lesson That All Old People Share
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Readers (19) Easily Spot Recent Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Rocking a Giant Sweet Potato
WILSON: Looks to Democratic economic policies to signal nation’s recovery
By George Wilson | The Republican ideology-driven policy of austerity at a time of unemployment and low interest rates has been a drag on the economic recovery of the United States from the great recession that started doing the last Republican administration.
Fortunately, some Obama and Democratic inspired spending got through and a recovery of the economy has taken place. The recovery could have been faster and resulted in lower unemployment and a lower deficit if Democratic policies had been implemented fully.
Gwinnett Forum | March 11, 2025
“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
– Newspaper columnist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956).
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- 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.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
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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