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9/8: Cop cab, transportation options, McKoon, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s Another Way To Send a Message to Auto Drivers Who Drink
SECOND FOCUS: Gwinnett Citizens Want Options When It Comes to Transportation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Senator McKoon’s Far-Out Views Could Benefit the Democrats
FEEDBACK: Commenting on Hospital Merger, Food Trucks and Traffic Signs
UPCOMING: City of Sugar Hill’s Ice Rink To Return on November 13
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Seeks Nominees for Heritage Trail Medallions
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: A Walk in the Woods film from a book by Bill Bryson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Immigrants to Early Georgia Came from Entire Atlantic Basin
TODAY’S QUOTE: What It Takes for an Actress To Be a Success
MYSTERY PHOTO: Bunch of Bicycles Wasn’t Enough of a Clue for Readers
LAGNIAPPE: Just Another Typical Crowded Day at Spaghetti Junction
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
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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