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NEW for 2/27: On Cal Warlick, the March 12 primaries, immigration
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering the artistic talent of Cal Warlick
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats: Vote March 12 against the biggest menace
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Place CID
ANOTHER VIEW: GOP leaders must usurp Trump, and solve immigration
FEEDBACK: Take action: you can block some of those robo calls
UPCOMING: Commission seeks to raise the chair’s salary
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC honors Gwinnett homebuilders
RECOMMENDED: Taqueris Del Mar, Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Egalitarian ideal not fully realized in colonial Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stone, stone, stone in today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Republicans schedule breakfast March 2
NEW for 2/9: On LED bulbs, sports betting and gerrymandering
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Realize big savings by using LED light bulbs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Tell your legislator to vote against sports gambling
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Gerrymandering circumvents fair voting
UPCOMING: Harris new chair of Hudgens Arts Center
NOTABLE: Walton EMC grants 23 Gwinnett schools $130,868
RECOMMENDED: The Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Once indentured, Ewen rose to prominence
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive traditional church is today’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Get rid of hazardous waste Feb. 10 in Lawrenceville
NEW for 1/30: GGC revamp; Transit voting; Middle East misconceptions
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC revamps athletic department administration
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Background on voting about transit in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Misconceptions abound about the Middle East
FEEDBACK: Baldwin boys, half brothers, made considerable impact
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville moves to annual multi-family housing inspections
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners employs technology to curb vandalism
RECOMMENDED: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Baldwin served 10 years in Congress and 12 as Senator
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this photo taken from above is located
LAGNIAPPE: After leaving Cambodia, Donlevy now GOAL winner
CALENDAR: Gagnon’s last lecture at GGC will be Jan. 30
ANOTHER VIEW: Misconceptions abound about the Middle East
By Jack Bernard | The Democratic Party is losing younger progressives who are increasingly seeking out third party candidates or saying that they may not vote in 2024. One reason is the skewed view progressives have of the Gaza War, started by Hamas terrorists and proven to be a humanitarian disaster.
NEW for 1/19: On transit vote; Condos over apartments; Spending
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County plans for a transit referendum for November
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s a better way to provide housing: condos, not apartments
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Norcross
ANOTHER VIEW: Both of our political parties are big spenders
FEEDBACK: In ten years, luxury apartments can be crime-ridden
UPCOMING: Bi-annual count of homeless scheduled January 22
NOTABLE: Explore Gwinnett offering grants to nonprofits
OBITUARY: Nicki Leritis DeVillier
RECOMMENDED: A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Amos Tappan Akerman was zealous U.S. Attorney
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo is not a pretty picture
LAGNIAPPE: GGC students take King Day for campus improvements
CALENDAR: Lilburn Town Hall will be January 22
NEW for 1/5: Revved up; College football; College weekend
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee resident reacts to what Jack Bernard says
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Recent college football season gave us much joy
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
ANOTHER VIEW: Ups and downs of a college weekend
FEEDBACK: Feels another insurrection going at border crossing
UPCOMING: Ryan Jones promoted to head Neighborhood Co-op
NOTABLE: Duluth Rotary Club to present local talent show
RECOMMENDED: The Woods of Fannin County by Janisse Ray
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Clermont Lee was early Georgia female landscape architect
MYSTERY PHOTO: After an easy one, this photo may stump many
CALENDAR: Historical Society meets January 8 about Hooper-Renwick
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 19, 2024
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
– Nighttime TV Host Johnny Carson(1925 – 2005).
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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