By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | If I have heard this once, I have heard it a dozen times this political year. It continues, here two months before the presidential election.
“I just don’t know what I’m going to do in the presidential election.”
It sometimes comes from Republicans. At other times, it comes from people who would normally vote Democratic.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a Report from a Gwinnettian About the GOP Convention
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lots of Voters Just Not Happy With Either Political Party Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Dealerships
FEEDBACK: Four Readers Write on Same Political Subject Interpreting “Scandal”
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Adopts Record $171 Budget for Coming Year
NOTABLE: Ballet Scholarship Will Honor Former Board Member Rodney Camren
RECOMMENDED: Black Widow, by Daniel Silva
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Noble Jones Elected Delegate to Continental Congress, but Must Decline
CALENDAR: Open House Today for Gwinnett Council for Seniors in Lawrenceville
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Must First Happen Before We Fit Into Society
MYSTERY PHOTO: Send Us Your Own Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett College Holds Summer Graduation Ceremonies
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Municipal Association Names Sugar Hill State’s Most Active City
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Political Outlook after the Iowa Voting
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.
FEEDBACK: Several Views Concerning Norcross Community Garden
UPCOMING: 15th Annual NE Georgia Boy Scouts To Honor Three from Gwinnett
NOTABLE: George Pearce Park in Suwanee To Get New Gymnasium
RECOMMENDED READ: The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Several Individuals Contribute to History of Birds in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Church Bulletin Board Finds Way To Show Allegiance
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to Figure Out Where This Guy Is Fishing
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Wildlife: One Beautiful Red Shouldered Hawk
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Non-Profit Organizations Are Force To Be Reckoned With
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Republican Candidates To Visit Gwinnett on Saturday
ANOTHER VIEW: Progressives Must Start from Bottom to Win Races
UPCOMING: Flu Season Coming, So Move Soon to Get a Flu Shot
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Lil’ Pigs, Buford
GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s Apple Time; Learn More about the Georgia Apple Crop
TODAY’S QUOTE: When You Think About This, Well….It’s Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: New Photograph Comes without a Lot of Clues
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The national political campaign comes to Gwinnett Saturday, when two Republican candidates make appearances here. Donald Trump will be at the North Atlanta Trade Center, 1700 Jeurgens Court in Norcross. Doors open at 10 a.m. and the rally is set to begin at noon.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre To Give “Sensory Friendly” Performances
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Year Before An Election Often Far More Interesting Than Election Year
FEEDBACK: Hospital Merger, Identifying Politicians and Long Lost Contributor
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber Backs E-SPLOST Election Coming This November
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Council Meetings Now Available Online
RECOMMENDED READ: The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens by Thomas Hauser
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Settlers Were Relatively Young, with Children
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Can Happen When You Open the Door for People
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Windmill May Have Confused Many People
LAGNIAPPE: How Texans Add Things Up
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Saturday Performance in Gwinnett for Home by Dark
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Beard To Continue as Senior Office Holder in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump and Hillary Get Caught with People Quoting Them Correctly
FEEDBACK: Here’s Ten Commandments for Rational Debate
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Embarks on First Economic Development Plan
NOTABLE: Citizen’s Budget Review Panel Hearing Requests for 2016 Expenditures
RECOMMENDED READ: Love in the Anthropocene, by Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Scarcity of Females in Early Georgia Forces New Outlooks
TODAY’S QUOTE: What People in the Expensive Seats Can Do
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized Last Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: New Elementary School Rising in Norcross
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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