Archive for June, 2008

Primary campaigns heat up

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Not living in District 1, I don't get the mailers from the three candidates in that commission race, but based on an article today in the AJC, but it sounds ... Read more..

Does Mike Beaudreau have some explaining to do?

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Commission, Gwinnett Elections, Mike Beaudreau, Real Estate Development | 4 Comments »

During the June 16 candidates forum, District 3 Commission challenger Doug Stacks leveled an unexpected charge against incumbent Mike Beaudreau.  Stacks claimed that, despite Beaudreau's assertion to the contrary, the ... Read more..

Wrap-up of the June BoC public hearing

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Commission, Lorraine Green, Planning and Zoning | No Comments »

Not much to report for the June meeting.  Not many items got an up or down vote last night.  Numerous issues that promised to be interesting were tabled.  This included ... Read more..

A tribute to a Varsity legend

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I know this is a not a Gwinnett story, but I could not help but take a moment to pay tribute to legendary Varsity counterman, Erby Walker.  Walker died Monday ... Read more..

Coverage for the June BoC Public Hearing

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Commission | No Comments »

Tonight, rather than going to GJAC for this month's Board of Commissioners public hearing, I have opted to watch online.  There is virtually no signal inside the auditorium so doing ... Read more..

Gwinnett rail? Yes. MARTA? No.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Transportation | 3 Comments »

MARTA is holding a series of community meetings in Gwinnett this week.  The goal is to convince Gwinnett residents to show their support on a ballot question in next month's ... Read more..

The free market works even with gasoline

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett Business | No Comments »

The new Marathon station in Buford is doing a booming business in gasoline lately.  Why?  The station owner is selling gas much cheaper than his competitors.  What is happening with ... Read more..

Demetrius Randle is a fighter

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Law Enforcement | No Comments »

When you read this story about Demetrius Randle, you cannot help but have mixed emotions.  You find yourself saddened at the ordeal this man is going through.  You then find ... Read more..

I have removed Disqus and manually reposted comments

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Due to the bug I encountered over the weekend, I have decided to stop using Disqus for my commenting system.  I contacted Disqus about the bug and they had not ... Read more..

Issues when using Internet Explorer?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Update: Well, it appears the problem is in loading individual post pages and that the problem is caused by my commenting system, Disqus.  I have disabled Disqus for now as ... Read more..

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