When District 1 Commissioner Shirley Lasseter appointed developer Mark Gary to the Gwinnett Planning Commission, she essentially put the fox in charge of guarding the hen house. Not only did she give the developer the …

The news coverage of a 17-year-old Muslim girl who converted to Christianity, then fled her home in Ohio because her father reportedly threatened to kill her as an apostate, came in fortuitous juxtaposition to my …

According to an ARC report, Gwinnett’s annual population growth took a nosedive in 2008, slowing to just 4,500 new folks a year from April 2008 to April 2009; about a fourth of the number of …

We now know the price of a political rear end. It is approximately $1.2 million, or $600,000 per cheek. That is the amount of money that the County Commission risked yesterday for no other reason …

At a specially-called meeting late Wednesday afternoon, the County Commission voted unanimously to step down and turn control of county government over to the mayors of Gwinnett’s 15 cities.
With the same vote, the Commissioners agreed …

On Tuesday, Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charles Bannister asked a Superior Court judge to set the millage rate for him, adding a semicolon to the story of county leadership that failed to meet the challenge of a slowing economy. Even worse, it is a challenge that was a surprise to no one.