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NEW for 8/28: On Brexit, robocalls and innovation
Click here to read our latest issue. INSIDE THIS EDITION:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Virus Muddles Brexit Talks, Stalling Before December Deadline
EEB PERSPECTIVE: These Days I Look Forward To Getting More Robocalls!
ANOTHER VIEW: Other Democratic Countries Use Innovation, Intelligence for Problems
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Forum Column Draws Several Responses from Readers
UPCOMING: New GGC Graduate Looks Forward to Teaching at Elementary Level
NOTABLE: Snellville Officials Break Ground on Its Greenway Trail
RECOMMENDED: Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Rosemary Daniell Continues Contributions to Literary Heritage
MYSTERY PHOTO: Artistic Mystery Photo Is Set in Location Many Have Seen
LAGNIAPPE: Photographs Show Landmarks of Eastern Continental Divide Here
BRACK: These days, I look forward to getting more robocalls!
By Elliott Brack | It’s good to get a new play toy. And this one gives me so much power! It’s a new telephone system for our house. The old three-phone set went kerflurry, so we started looking. Came up with a three-phone Panasonic system that is more modern, causing the new excitement. Cost was reasonable at $52, which I seem to remember was cheaper than the previous three-phone set.
8/13: More phone scams; GGC’s new president; Civil War battles
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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Phone Scam about Cancer Afoot, Again Targeting the Elderly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GGC President Focuses on Students, Seeking Campus Filled with Joy
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflecting on Civil War Battles during the Heat at Manassas
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: It’s Not a Gun Problem That We Have, but a Culture Problem
UPCOMING: Aquatic Centers Have Extended Hours and Are Open until Labor Day
NOTABLE: Institute of Transportation Engineers Honors Duluth Resident
RECOMMENDED: Lazy Dog Café, in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Some Works by Early Georgia Artists Still Hang in Museums in State
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mountain Town Is Mystery Photo for This Edition
LAGNIAPPE: Stunning Butterfly Photograph
CALENDAR: Puppets Coming This Friday to Lilburn Farmers Market
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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