By Elliott Brack | People around Atlanta, and really our whole country, are perplexed about what communities can do to prevent more deaths in shootings. Shootings take place hither and yon all around our country. We have seen the shootings of downtown Atlanta expand to the suburbs, including Gwinnett County.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sculptor Olu Amoda wins $50,000 Hudgens art prize
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Now the newspaper, too, resorting to blood-and-guts journalism
ANOTHER VIEW: Volunteering for Naval assignments turned out OK
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: She’s no fan of any spider, and especially of Joros
UPCOMING: Classes in Lilburn offer job training in construction skills
NOTABLE: Classes in Lilburn offers job training in construction skills
RECOMMENDED: How We Win the Civil War by Steve Philips
GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s apple time in the Georgia mountains near Ellijay
MYSTERY PHOTO: Flying horse sculpture provides mystery for this edition
LAGNIAPPE: New officers take office for Snellville Historical Society
CALENDAR: Picnic with the police on the Braselton Town Green on October 13 from 5-8 p.m.
By Elliott Brack | A few years back, we stopped looking at local TV news, except primarily to see if it was going to rain the next day. (Though the weathermen sometimes get it wrong on the rain, they can pinpoint storms better than ever, and they help keep us safe.) The reason we stopped looking at the nightly local news was that local TV news has deteriorated to mainly blood and guts, shootings, and ambulance chasing. Why bother with such bloodlettings? Is such real, solid reporting?
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gateway85 CID plans $500,000 cluster plan improvements
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Come together, Georgia, to stop these senseless shootings
ANOTHER VIEW: Passage of H.B. 1 depends on filibuster outcome
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Agrees with thoughts concerning Clayton at Crogan corner
UPCOMING: Stimulus funds to begin emergency rental assistance
NOTABLE: Senator sponsors resolution honoring President Carter
RECOMMENDED: Lords of the Sea by Alan G. Jamieson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta resident was member of famed Tuskegee airmen
MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful pond should be great place for fishing
LAGNIAPPE: Old-time baptisms could take place alongside a road
CALENDAR: Snellville Historical Society plans April meeting
“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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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.
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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
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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