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4/17: On Gwinnett transit; A great race; Funding for study

4/17: On Gwinnett transit; A great race; Funding for study

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County Seeks Public Input To Gwinnett’s Transit Future
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Suddenly, Among 64,500 People, There Was An Eerie Feeling
ANOTHER VIEW: Congress Needs To Fund More Money for Gun Research through CDC
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Remembers Music Teacher in Bibb County Schools
McLEMORE’S WORLD: King James
UPCOMING: 45th Annual Snellville Days Return To Briscoe Park on May 5-6
RECOMMENDED: Saints for All Occasions, by J. Courtney Sullivan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hugh Peterson Sr. Served as First District Congressman
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Could Stump the Field, Too.
CALENDAR: Eastside Medical Plays Open House on 1,300th Robotics Procedure

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by · April 17, 2018 · Full issues
Magnum Moon. Image via Oaklawn Jockey Club.

BRACK: Suddenly, among 64,500 people, there was an eerie feeling

By Elliott Brack | It was an eerie feeling.

Here we were at a sporting event along with 64,500 others, and all day, there was hubbub all around us, a loud buzz of voices continually yakking, no matter where you were.  People were excited and moving about.

We were in Hot Springs, Ark., at Oaklawn Park, where the ponies run. It was late in the day.

Part of all the moving around was, of course, going to and from the betting windows. Most of the long row of windows were stacked with five-seven-nine people, some putting down a new bet, a few cashing in their winning tickets.

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by · April 17, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
5/2: New PC city hall; Charm of an older hotel; Data and guns

5/2: New PC city hall; Charm of an older hotel; Data and guns

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners To Buy Building in Technology Park for City Hall
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Stay at Older Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. Proves To Be Memorable
ANOTHER VIEW: Good Data Equals Good Public Policy in Gun Debate
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech To Host Coding Youth Camps This Summer
NOTABLE: Eastside Medical Center Proudly Flies Donate Life Flag
RECOMMENDED: This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Artist Find Acceptance, Including Major Work Done for Coca-Cola
TODAY’S QUOTE: Problems With Having an Open Mind
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us Who This Bust Represents and Where It’s Located
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer Frank Sharp Visits Zoo Atlanta
CALENDAR: Paper Shredding at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lilburn on May 13

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by · May 2, 2017 · Full issues
A 1924 postcard of the hotel.

BRACK: Stay at older Arkansas hotel proves to be memorable

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There’s something about staying in a family-run hotel that just beats the chain-run stays. Older hotels have their own charm, such as the Monteleone in New Orleans, the DeSoto in Savannah, the Fairmont and the Sir Frances Drake in San Francisco, and even the Henry Grady in Atlanta. You probably have your own favorite.

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by · May 2, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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