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NEW for 9/22: On keeping the peace, video, tariffs
Click here for the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: What one longtime police officer thought on keeping the peace
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Several topics today: but be sure to check out this new video
ANOTHER VIEW: Tariffs mean only one thing: they increase the price for consumers
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Enjoy reading Forum columnists, such as George Wilson on MMT
UPCOMING: Several new physicians joining Northside Hospital Gwinnett team
NOTABLE: Developer erecting build-to-rent apartments for middle market
RECOMMENDED: Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech highlights Exposition
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tall column with intricate carving is this week’s mystery
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 5, 2024
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”
– American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 – 1959).
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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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