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11/16: Gwinnett Tech’s growth; Remembering a newspaperman; Gerrymandering
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Tech Continues Enrollment Growth for Fifth Semester
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fitzgerald Newspaperman A Leader on the Cusp of Better Journalism
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s the Way That Gerrymandering Worked Near Her Home
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: It’s Time for You To Take a Look At More of “Murphy’s Laws”
UPCOMING: GEHC Hosting National American Festival on November 19
NOTABLE: Regents OK New GGC Degree Program for Middle Grade Education
RECOMMENDED: Every Note Play by Lisa Genova
GEORGIA TIDBIT: There are 16 Dams Creating Large Impoundments on the ACF Basin
MYSTERY PHOTO: From A Difficult Mystery Photo, Now for an Easier One.
CALENDAR: Coming events
BRACK: Fitzgerald newspaperman a leader on the cusp of better journalism
By Elliott Brack | Going to funerals is something I remember since I was 4 years old, when my younger brother died. Over the years, we’ve felt it important to attend funerals of friends. As a veteran funeral attendee, we can distinguish between a good and bad funeral. (Length is not the criteria.) We realize those we’re losing won’t be at our funeral, and the older we get, the fewer there will be to say farewell to us.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 5, 2024
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”
– American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 – 1959).
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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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