The budget that the County Commission is poised to approve on Tuesday is not the same budget about which the county held public hearings last year. It also appears that Chairman Charles Bannister plans to …

I finally had a little free time at the end of 2009 so I jotted down some thoughts I have had on major issues facing the County and State as we start 2010.  Each one …

Last month, I described how the foundation for Gwinnett’s current financial woes was laid years ago through a series of bad decisions and flawed financial strategies. One series of actions by the County Commission is, …

Dacula Mayor Jimmy Wilbanks has been front and center on the battle to keep the Dacula library open as a full-service library. His blog and the `They Took My Books` blog provide some interesting, “behind …

The grief continues to flow for former Judge Jim Oxendine, father of gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine. Last month, Oxendine was removed from the bench by Gwinnett’s Superior Court judges when it was discovered that …

Gwinnett County is in a tight spot. A “perfect storm” of national economic woes, a maturing local economy and a lack of meaningful leadership has begun to write a sad chapter in our county’s otherwise …