By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | An out of state reader prompted today’s entry when he asked a question about the election.
What really concerns me seriously are the protests and riots by the young. It is obvious that they do not know the mechanics of government, and I suspect this comes from more than a generation not studying the basics of civics.
By Andy Brack, Charleston, S.C. | Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged?
Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered just over 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the country, won the electoral college, we wouldn’t hear the end of the election being rigged.
By George Wilson, contributing columnist | Like a former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and the Brexit crowd, Donald Trump tapped into a large number of people who are legitimately upset over the failure of status quo governments to deal with the economic fallout from the loss of jobs to the second and third world countries.
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Three Proposals for Improving the Life in Gwinnett County
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats in Gwinnett Ran Much Stronger Than in Years Before
ANOTHER VIEW: Some Thoughts in Defending Hillary Clinton after the Election
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Two Distinct Reflections Concerning the 2016 Election
UPCOMING: Norcross Merchant Open House To Be This Saturday, November 12
NOTABLE: Suwanee Launches Open Data Budget Website for Transparency
RECOMMENDED: Anna Ruby Falls and the Richard Russell Scenic Highway
GEORGIA TIDBIT: FDR Opposes George’s Re-Election; George Backs FDR on WWII
TODAY’S QUOTE: Deep Thinking from the Mind of Yogi Berra
MYSTERY PHOTO: No Drought Going on Where This Mystery Photograph Was Made
CALENDAR: Author Mary Alice Monroe will appear November 19 in Peachtree Corners
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The United States is a great nation. It is resilient, and can survive Donald Trump. Be pleased and calmed knowing that.
The nation’s best period of government, it appears to us, is when Congress doesn’t necessarily rubber stamp everything the president sends forth. (The very best time we feel is when one House of Congress is of a different party than the president.) We suspect it won’t be long before the legislators find that they’ll need to limit the reach of the presidency. That would also have happened had another person been chosen to lead our country.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Committee Spells Out Project Categories for 2016 SPLOST Vote
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Finally, Something Good Comes Out of the Presidential Campaign
ANOTHER VIEW: Defends Trump By Saying Women Talk Dirty, Too
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Understands Trump Appeal; But Clinton Is Far Better Qualified
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Commission OKs Agreement To Buy Former Olympic Site
NOTABLE: Fitch Ratings Affirms Gwinnett County’s AAA Credit Rating
NOT RECOMMENDED: Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Building Techwood Homes Was Model, and Led to Housing Act of 1936
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something That Most of Us Use Too Little These Days
MYSTERY PHOTO: You’ll Have To Be Really Good To Spot This Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Electronic Recycling To Benefit Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
CALENDAR: Cooking School Coming Soon at Infinite Energy Center
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s taken a while, but finally we see something good coming out of this worrisome, obnoxious and uncouth presidential campaign of 2016. And it’s something we could never have predicted.
It came as a result of one of Donald Trump’s many volcanic eruptions. This time it wasn’t some crude remark from the present-day, but a recording of his views of women in 2005 as revealed in a conversation with Billy Bush. You know the details.
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | It’s my firm belief that the Left created political correctness to censor the language of those who disagree with them. This is serious. We’re talking First Amendment here.
So Donald Trump spoke in colorful language within the context of what he thought was private conversation 11 years ago. Are we women so delicate and easily offended that we’d disqualify him for president over locker room talk?
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Why This Writer Supports Donald Trump for President
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnettians Need To Approve Continuation of SPLOST Funds
ANOTHER VIEW: Corporate Crime Fraud by Healthcare Companies and Banks
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Wants Voters Basing Their Ballots on Judgment, Real Qualifications
UPCOMING: Changes Coming To Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and Five Forks Road
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech, Mercedes-Benz To Announce New Partnership
RECOMMENDED: A President in our Midst by Kaye Lanning Minchew
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah Siege Long Term Includes Restoration of Colonial Status
TODAY’S QUOTE: Lots of People Will Agree About the Return of Autumn
MYSTERY PHOTO: You May Find This Mystery Hard To Identify
LAGNIAPPE: Norfolk-Southern Hazmat Safety Train Plans Stop in Atlanta
CALENDAR: October 15 Is Deadline To Pay Property Taxes in Gwinnett
“Never tell anyone that you’re writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They’ll encourage you to death.”
– Comic Artist Lynn Johnston (“For Better or Worse”) (1947 – ).
The family-friendly event, Duluth Fall Festival, will take place on September 28-29. This is the 41st year, and the Festival has consistently been voted one of the top festivals in the entire area, including “Best Large Festival in the Southeast’” by national publications.
There will be more than 300 arts, crafts and food booths, a huge parade, entertainment at two venues, a 5K road race, and much more. If you would like more information, are interested in volunteering, etc., go to the Festival website:
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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