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11/2: Group tapped to pick GGC pres; Endorsements; Media
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Regents Name 17-Person Committee to Pick Next GGC President
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s Summary of GwinnettForum’s View on Tuesday’s Big Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Doesn’t Understand that Television Networks Operate Nationally
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Opioid Crisis: Are They Sociopaths?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library Invites Input on Its Future with Several Workshops
NOTABLE: Snellville Police Get Grant To Implement Traffic Calming
RECOMMENDED: Wallander, the streaming series by Henning Mankell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Spear and Arrow Tips (Arrowheads) Found Throughout Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Norcross Photograph Got No Identifiers from the Last Issue
CALENDAR: Learn How To Digitize Your Photos at a Workshop Coming Soon
5/4: Three-time winner; Georgia’s elections; Immigration support
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Parker Jennings of GACS Completes Hat Trick with Third Shuler Award
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Reflective Look at this 2018 Georgia Elective Season
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Fact: Most Americans Support Immigration to This Country
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Appreciates Long Tenure of Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks
McLEMORE’S WORLD: The Whole Plate
UPCOMING: Many Opportunities for Advanced Voting in Gwinnett This Election
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Begins Work on Corridor to Georgia Gwinnett College
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Through Internet, Georgia Citizens Have Equal Access to Information
MYSTERY PHOTO: As They Say, Things Are Not Always What They Seem
CALENDAR: Attend a Workshop on How To Administer an Estate
BRACK: Our endorsement for the presidency of the United States
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The Bible speaks to us on many present-day matters. Take a look at the first four verses from Psalms 36 (RSV):
I have a message from God in my heart
concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
In their own eyes they flatter themselves
too much to detect or hate their sin.
The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;
9/9: On helping disabled; Voters lamenting presidential choices
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Friends of the Disabled Helps With Distribution of Medical Equipment
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Voters on Both Sides Lament “What to Do?” in Presidential Race
ANOTHER VIEW: Not Everyone Will Decide That They Just Cannot Fail To Vote
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Plans First Ever Recycling Event Sept. 10
NOTABLE: Re-organized Summerour Middle PTA Adopts Promise of Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Dahlonega Spa Resort
GEORGIA TIDBIT: A Brief Look at Eastern Air Lines, Once Dominant in Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Often It Is Difficult To Work Around Silence
MYSTERY PHOTO: Local Couple Seek Help in Identifying Location of This Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Photographer Enjoys Day at the Atlanta Zoo
CALENDAR: Panel Discussion September 17 on the late Pat Conroy
HOUSTON: “Keep Bill under control this time, President Rodham!”
By Debra Houston | Around and around we go! Who will be president? Nobody knows!
It is near midnight, November 8. Except for Hawaii, polls have closed and states are trending blue. CNN projects a winner. A triumphant Hillary Clinton stands at the podium, shoulders squared. “You’ve had a President Clinton,” she declares. “Now you’ll have a President Hillary Rodham!”
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 1, 2024
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
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2024 GENERAL ELECTION LINKS
ENDORSEMENTS
>> Click here to read GwinnettForum’s endorsements for the 2024 election — from president to local and state offices.
SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Spanish
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Korean/Chinese/Vietnamese
MULBERRY CANDIDATES
Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.
>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.
>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot
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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