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12/21: On new governor, Christmas music, outside perspective
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Wonders What Kind of Governor Brian Kemp Will Be
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Music of the Christmas Season Can Bring Joy to Us
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Detailed Look at Gwinnett County from an Outsider
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Notes Work of Gwinnett Archaeology Society and Ft. Daniel Foundation
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Historical Society Honors Several; Gilbert To Be New President
NOTABLE: Ordner Gift Allows Family Promise To Move Toward Fund Goal
RECOMMENDED: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: CARE Seeks Lasting Solutions Worldwide Out of Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: See If You Can Determine Where This Early Building Is Located
CALENDAR: The latest events around the county
BRACK: Oh, the times have changed quite quickly in politics in Gwinnett
NOV. 9, 2018 | Let’s take a look at the 2018 elections.
In many ways, in the still-to-be-called races, matters are going like they should.
While there still votes to be counted, those leading in races say what they should: they claim victory. Meanwhile, the candidates who are trailing maintain that the race isn’t quite over yet, so they’re not conceding.
3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dr. Billy Graham: Humanitarian or Unrepentant Capitalist (or Both)?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking Back to the Political Watershed Year of 1984 in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s All Behave Like Grown-ups and Teach Our Children Well
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Many Gun Owners Come into Them as Inheritance from Relatives
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Illegal Immigrants
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Unveils Countywide Trails Master Plan of 320 Total Miles
NOTABLE: Eight Students Graduate from First Career Online High School
RECOMMENDED: Alexander The Great by Phillip Freeman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Natasha Trethewey of Emory University Wins Pulitzer Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive Building is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross Bicentennial Program is March 11 at 3 p.m.
BRACK: Looking back to the political watershed year of 1984 in Gwinnett
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | If you moved to Gwinnett after 1984, you may not realize the significance of that year politically for the county. You would not be alone. The county’s population in 1984 was 226,100, while today it’s estimated to be 960,000. So a great majority of residents, 733,100, have moved here since 1984. You are in good company.
Back in 1984, the county was still composed of mainly white residents, more than 95 percent. Today that’s no longer the case, with the white population in 2018 in a minority, and with African-Americans, Hispanic and Asians being together a majority of the county.
2/27: On Rep. Coleman; Suburban changes; Extremism
TODAY’S FOCUS: After 26 Years, Brooks Coleman To Leave Georgia Legislature
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Suburban Gwinnett Changes, as More Multi-Family Units Arrive
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Corporations step up to counter the NRA’s extremism
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Parkland Shooting Will Bring Sociological Change in Next Few Years
McLEMORE’S WORLD: How Firm a Foundation
UPCOMING: Snellville civic dinners tackling issues of the day one meal at a time
NOTABLE: Winn DAR Chapter Announces Good Citizen Awards
RECOMMENDED: What Can I Do? By Clyde Strickland
GEORGIA TIDBIT: North Georgia Mountain Land Now Valued in Tourist Dollars
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Nighttime Scene of a Skyscraper is Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: More Evidence of Beautiful, Blooming Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Abstract Art Workshop Coming Soon to Kudzu Art Center
BRACK: Suburban Gwinnett changes as more multi-family units arrive
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | As suburbs move toward maturity, they change, in that they are more welcoming to multi-family housing.
This comes about for several reasons. First, as communities have more people in single family houses, land becomes more eaten up and therefore more valuable, since there is less open land in those communities. As more jobs open up in suburban areas, more people want to live in those communities to be close to their work. Too, it’s more economical per unit to build multi-family housing.
BRACK: It’s Good To See Some Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett Achieved
Development of a two-party system for county offices
Moving statewide non-partisan judge election runoffs to the General Election
Commuter rail for Gwinnett from Doraville MARTA station to Gwinnett Arena
Banning of tobacco in all Gwinnett parks
More diverse candidates for political offices and appointment to local boards
Creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett
Advancement and expansion of city and Gwinnett historical societies
Stronger regulation of late-night establishments with alcohol licenses
Requiring the legislature to meet once every two years.
BRACK: Gwinnett’s great diversity makes one newcomer feel comfortable
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Most of us feel comfortable, we had presumed, in our native surroundings. Then a comment this week made me re-think this idea. And it gives a new insight of what it means to live in Gwinnett County, at least to one individual.
This person has lived in Gwinnett four years. He asks: “How in the heck did someone like me, end up somewhere like here?”
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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