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BRACK: No housing should be permitted along major thoroughfares
By Elliott Brack | Have you ever considered that there ought to be a special place in hell for people who come up with the ideas of locating housing for people next to major thoroughfares? Adjacent to such roads you see many developments of apartment complexes, townhouses and condos, and even single-family subdivisions.
NEW for 11/8: On Medicaid waiver; Fewer apartments
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia’s disastrous Medicaid waiver may be Brian Kemp’s legacy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: More townhomes and condos, not apartments, will benefit Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: It may sound utopian, but the election is over; lose well
UPCOMING: Time to order wreaths for annual DAR presentation
NOTABLE: With ancestors as teachers, she continues in a family tradition
OBITUARIES: James Edward Ellis
RECOMMENDED: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cold Sassy Tree is turn-of-century novel by Olive Ann Burns
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this big building with the highly-polished floor?
CALENDAR: Preview day at Georgia Gwinnett College is November 12
BRACK: More townhomes, condos — not apartments — will benefit Gwinnett
By Elliott Brack | Increasingly, it is obvious that Gwinnett city and county elected officials and zoning board members need to make sure they cross their T’s and dot the I’s by being more responsible in one area. For they are mightily influencing the quality of life in Gwinnett by many recent decisions that could turn against them.
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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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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