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BRACK: Forum urges nomination of these people in June primaries
MAY9, 2020 | Today we present the result of spending time and getting to know 91 candidates in the upcoming primary and non-partisan elections. We are proud to endorse this list of candidates.
We do not endorse in any races where we have not spoken personally to the candidate. We have not talked with unopposed primary candidates. If these candidates have opposition in the General Election, we will invite them to talk with us before November. In a few races, we do not find candidates worthy of election, and will not endorse in that race.
NEW for 5/8: Georgia’s primary; Sheltering in place; Pandemic flaws
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Questions and Answers about June 9 Georgia Primary Election
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Many People Appear Happy to “Remain in Place” Across the, Nation
ANOTHER VIEW: Pandemic Shows Flaws In Many of Our Normal Approaches
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: Watch Out for fake Ga. Power Scam, and Be Sure To Report It
UPCOMING: Here Are Advanced Voting Sites for Gwinnett County
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Hospitality Group Launches Program To Help the Arts
RECOMMENDED: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Battle of Pickett’s Mill A Decisive Encounter in Atlanta Campaign
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us What You Can Find about This Traditional Building
CALENDAR: League of Women Voters Plan School Board District 5 Debate May 12
BRACK: How Forum will help readers learn about candidates
By Elliott Brack | With the Georgia primary now scheduled to be held on June 19, it gives GwinnettForum a little more time to make contact with candidates who have opposition in the Georgia primary. Actually, we’ve made pretty good progress this year, having talked to 73 candidates so far, in order to get to know them.
11/19: Converse high tops; Eating crow; Senior voters
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Excitement for a 14 Year Old Wearing Converse High Tops
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Time to Eat Crow and Apologize for Error on Loganville Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Considerations for President Trump with the Senior Voters
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: The People Chose a Certain Rock; But Do They Still Feel Well?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Continuing To Benefit From Top Financial Ratings
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Accepting Apps for 2020 Washington Youth Tour
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Beautiful Fantastic
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Piano Red” Perryman Also Performed As “Dr. Feelgood”
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Traditional Shipyard Mystery Has Many Interesting Facets
LAGNIAPPE: Another Good Guesser Who Gets the Mystery Photos
CALENDAR: Pop-Up Lilburn Farmers Market will be Saturday, November 23
BRACK: Time to eat crow, apologize for error on Loganville election
By Elliott Brack | Every so often in the news business, you find it’s time to eat crow. Today is such a day for me.
Last Friday we fouled on reporting the results of the Loganville election. Going to the Internet, we posted the results of the 2017 election, thinking we had the 2019 election. We simply did not read the small print correctly, and gave the wrong information.
10/18: Interstate anniversary; Twist on an election; More
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: October Marks 50th Anniversary of Perimeter Highway, I-285
EEB PERSPECTIVE: One Gwinnett City Election in 2019 Has An Unusual Twist
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: It’s Time To Get Back to the Business of Running this Country
UPCOMING: County To Fund Restoration Work at Historic Winn and Nash Homes
NOTABLE: Railway Museum To Conduct Feasibility Analysis on Development
RECOMMENDED: Ninety Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ellijay in Gilmer County Known as Georgia Apple Capital
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today the Mystery Photo Is of a Person, Not a Site
CALENDAR: Pumpkin Painting at One Stop Norcross on October 19
10/11: From bush hogging to 2020 election to impeachment
Click here to read the latest issue of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: We Find a Lady Whose Enjoyable Hobby Is…..Bush hogging
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Will Election 2020 in Gwinnett Be 1984 Upset in Reverse?
ANOTHER VIEW: Government Questionnaire Seemed To Be Unruly Interruption
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: Time for Dems To Abandon Their Impeachment and Get a New Hobby
UPCOMING: 20th Annual Great Days of Service Are October 25-26; Sign Up Now
NOTABLE: GACS Student from Duluth Is National Merit Semifinalist for 2020
RECOMMENDED: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
GEORGIA TIDBIT: National Newspapers Credit Georgia with Saving the Union
MYSTERY PHOTO: Highway, Buildings, Hills Could Identify This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Shiloh High Team Hears More About Digital Badge Program
CALENDAR: Zombie Run 5K will be October 19 in Braselton
BRACK: Will election 2020 in Gwinnett be 1984 upset in reverse?
By Elliott Brack | Many of our readers may not remember what happened politically in Gwinnett in 1984. It was a major year for change in Gwinnett.
There’s reason many Gwinnettians may not remember it. That’s because in 1984 there were 226,100 people in Gwinnett. Today the population is 921,781, so another 701,681 people live here now. A majority were just not here in 1984.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 24, 2024
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
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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