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NEWS BRIEF: New Gwinnett budget up 8.1%, but no tax increase
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $2.07 billion budget for 2022, up 8.1 percent from last year. The newly approved budget does not require a millage rate increase. The adopted spending plan consists of a $1.6 billion operating budget and a $455 million capital improvements budget, which includes funds from the County’s voter-approved SPLOST program.
BRACK: Gunnin, former commissioner, was respected for his vision
By Elliott Brack | One of the first elected Gwinnett officials to anticipate how the county would grow and who helped pave the way for it, died on June 30. He is Ray Gunnin, who was 92 when he passed away at the home of his daughter in Colorado. Gunnin was elected in 1968 to represent County Commission District 2 (the Norcross and Lilburn areas, which now includes Peachtree Corners). In those days, the population of Gwinnett was 65,362 residents.
2/14: Nash challenges county; Center parking; Growing up
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chairman Nash Challenges County To “Bend the Trend” in the Future
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Attending Function at Infinite Energy Center? Pay Parking in Advance
ANOTHER VIEW: With Presidential Election Coming, Time to Grow Up, Children
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Looking at Implications and Democratic Delegate County
UPCOMING: Dacula To Hold Special Election March 24 to Fill Council Seat
NOTABLE: William Day DAR Chapter Recognized American History Essay Winner
RECOMMENDED: A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Estuaries along Georgia Coast Are Critical Habitat for the Area
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where Is This Area That Could Do with Significant Rain?
CALENDAR: Boxing Icon Ezzard Charles Subject of Talk February 20 at Heritage Center
11/22: Gwinnett’s budget; Privacy; Life saving award
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett County Budget for 2020 Follows Six Strategic Priorities
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Some Thinkers Are Getting Concerned about a Right To Privacy
ANOTHER VIEW: Jackson EMC Employee Gets Life Saving Award from Georgia EMC
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Even Really Old Chuck Taylor Shoes Go for Amazing Prices
UPCOMING: With Drought Still Here, Watering Restrictions Are Still in Effect
NOTABLE: Two from Gwinnett Among Tin Drum Asian Kitchen Executives
RECOMMENDED: Foxtrot in Kandahar by Duane Evans
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Willie Lee Perryman One of the Earlier Rock and Rollers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s the Mystery Photo for today: What City Is Depicted Here?
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s the Background on George Graf, Another Good Sleuth
CALENDAR: The Norcross Cooperative Minister Is Moving; Closed from November 23-30
BRACK: New county focus will be Revel project at Infinite Energy Center
By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum NOV. 1, 2019 | Up until 1984, Gwinnett County had no retail shopping focus. With its 15 towns then (16 now, as Peachtree Corners became its own city in 2012), no one city stood out as a mecca for retail and entertainment. Something changed all this in 1984, as Gwinnett Place Mall opened […]
8/16: Concussion Institute; Gwinnett’s amenities; New Kudzu show
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GMC-Duluth’s Concussion Institute To Give Ware County Students Care
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Governments Provide Us with Many Wonderful Amenities
ANOTHER VIEW: New Kudzu Art Zone Show Puts Spotlight on Six Artists
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Remembering What Thomas Jefferson Gave This Country
UPCOMING: GMC-Duluth’s Concussion Institute To Give Ware County Students Care
NOTABLE: Glitch Causes Some Snellville Citizens To Get Corrected Tax Bill
RECOMMENDED: Silence is Not the Answer by George S. Johnson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Famous American Artists Have Produced Works in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Your Job Is To Tell Us Where This Beautiful Old Church Is Located
CALENDAR: Join the Georgia Pollinator Force To Help Count These Creatures
1/4: Development; Modern marvels; Reading; Photo essay
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County Closes on Purchase of Land at Key Development Site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Modern Marvels, Timing plus Good Luck Make Wedding Trip Enjoyable
ANOTHER VIEW: Loving Reading, She Sometimes Reads a Solid Paragraph Several Times
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Resurrecting the word “Statesman” To Consider Term of Gov. Deal
UPCOMING: Read the Back Story of Gwinnett in Six Documentaries Now Available
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Businessmen Named to 2018 Million Dollar Club
RECOMMENDED: London by Edward Rutherfurd
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Natural Resources Oversees Historic Preservation in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Driving Trip Produces Sight in Distance Which is Today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Scenes of Roving Photographer’s Recent Cruise on the Caribbean Sea
CALENDAR: Snellville Commerce Club To Hear Brett Harrell Tuesday
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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