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NEW for 10/22: Promotions, Real Deal and MABA
Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett lucky to have Real Deal in Sugar Hill
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
FEEDBACK: Hazlehurst appreciates Allentown assistance
UPCOMING: Animal Welfare offers free pet adoptions on weekend
NOTABLE: Gwinnett again earns top credit rating
RECOMMENDED: Layered Money, by Nik Bhatia
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Good Eats show originator lives in Marietta
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does the design give away the mystery location?
LAGNIAPPE: New one mile sidewalk open on Oakbrook Parkway
CALENDAR: Early trick-or-treating coming this Saturday
ANOTHER VIEW: Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
By Jack Bernard | Only one president in recent years accomplished the goal of balancing the budget. That was Bill Clinton. He had budget surpluses for fiscal years 1998–2001, the only such years from 1970 to 2023. Donald Trump’s record from 2017-2020 conclusively illustrates the fact that he supported excessive spending.
NEW for 9/17: Honored for service; Georgia Tech students; Project 2025, part 3
Click here to read the full, new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Two from Gwinnett to be honored for military service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: If a Georgia Tech student, you’re sitting pretty
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
ANOTHER VIEW: Third installment on looking at Project 2025
FEEDBACK: Recent issues served to make her day
UPCOMING:Rotarians plan local Day of Peace conversation
NOTABLE: City of Norcross to open county’s first arboretum
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia kaolin mined across the fall kine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you detect the clues in this photograph?
LAGNIAPPE: GGC holding two fall preview days soon
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill Preservation Society to meet Sept. 19
ANOTHER VIEW: 3rd installment on looking at Project 2025
By Jack Bernard | This final article spells out the way that the Trump administration would approach major policy areas. Although the Trump campaign has taken great pains to distance itself from Project 2025, it was written by previous Trump appointees. If he is elected, it will undoubtedly be the basis for quickly seeking to reorganize the federal government, to the detriment of taxpayers.
NEW for 9/10: On healing, Gwinnett Water, Project 2025
Click here to read the full, new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remember, when tragedy strikes, take steps to heal
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How we found out Gwinnett Water Dept. has heart
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
ANOTHER VIEW: Another look at what Project 2025 can mean
FEEDBACK: How to fit four times the people in the same space?
UPCOMING: 13th annual Peachtree Corners festival is Sept. 21-22
NOTABLE: Norcross punts on Woman’s Club building
RECOMMENDED: The Fraud by Zadie Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT:Naturalist John Abbot spent 65 years in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery may be a tough one
LAGNIAPPE: Microtransit pilot program now underway
CALENDAR: Green! glass and paper recycling this weekend
NEW for 9/3: On Project 2025, language, immigration, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Project 2025 report could dictate next Trump years
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Topics: sororities, our language and church attendance
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: The border is closed, or is it really?
FEEDBACK: Immigrant family finds difficulty in citizen laws
UPCOMING Sixteen candidates seek Mulberry council
NOTABLE: Mural under I-85 at Sugarloaf bridge complete
RECOMMENDED: Julep Farms Kitchen in Dillard
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Disciples of Christ started in Georgia in the early 1800s
MYSTERY PHOTO: An American scene is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Citizenship Preparation Class at Dacula Library soon
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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