By Jack Bernard | When I was a Georgia county commissioner, I was chair of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia’s tax committee. As chairman of a BOC, using cost/benefit analysis, I also got my board to lower annual local tax increases from 10 percent annually to 1 percent. When I got off the BOC, taxes went right back up.
Click here to read the full issue of GwinnettForum. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Arguments Against Medicare for All Can Be Explained Away
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Recent GOP Gwinnett House Delegation Move Is Quite Perplexing
ANOTHER VIEW: Our Current President Can Remind One of a Modern Day McCarthy
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Here’s His Own Method on How To Handle Those Robo Calls
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Kicks Off 24th Season of Performances on July 18
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Sports Medicine Program Recognized Eminent Surgeon
RECOMMENDED: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Stetson Kennedy Was the Author of I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan
MYSTERY PHOTO: This and Previous Mystery Photo May Be Classified as Difficul
LAGNIAPPE: Ah, the Colors of Spring in Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Class AAA Stripers Continue 2019 Baseball Season Opening Weekend
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnettian Amazed at Jaw-Dropping Scenes near Sedona, Arizona
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Each Gwinnett City Needs To Celebrate Its Own Uniqueness
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Day Will We Look Upon Trump as Another McCarthy?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Suggests to Readers It’s Time To Check Your Index for Happiness
UPCOMING: Lilburn Hosts “Remembering Our Fallen” Memorial until Sept. 14
NOTABLE: Tannery Row Artist Colony Seeking Entries for Juried Art Exhibit
RECOMMENDED: The Restless Wave by John McCain and Mark Salter
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Josiah Tattnall Serves Navy with Distinction Around the World
MYSTERY PHOTO: Sculpture in this Modern Setting Needs Identifying
CALENDAR: Gateway Food and Music Festival will be September 15 at Lillian Webb Park
By Hoyt Tuggle | In modern times, political primaries seem to be a better indication of undercurrents in American political life than do general elections.
Goldwater’s success in the primaries and utter defeat in the general election in 1964 led to a temporary comeback for the GOP establishment with Nixon and his Southern strategy in 1968 and 1972.
“….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).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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