Cut to the Chase – Dave Emanuel

Are you a thief’s best friend?
By Dave Emanuel

You just might be – even though you don’t know the thief, and he or she doesn’t know you. You “befriended” the thief because you provided opportunity, perhaps even an invitation, to enjoy something you own.

Are you politically correct?
By Dave Emanuel

During the past few years, the achievement of political correctness seems to have become a world-wide obsession. What began as a simple effort to reduce the offensiveness of some terminology has metamorphosed into a movement to control language so that it conforms to individual agendas.

Gwinnett County – A tale of growth and traffic
By Dave Emanuel

Within the next few years, the population of Gwinnett County will exceed 1,000,000 people. That’s a good news/bad news proposition.

Veterans Day, 2015
By Dave Emanuel

World War I – the war to end all wars -ended in 1918. The armistice that brought about the cessation of combat officially went into effect at 11:00 am on the 11th day of the 11th month.

To protect and serve
By Dave Emanuel

The recent spate of attacks on police officers around the nation should give everyone reason for concern. And what’s even more troubling is the lack of compassion shown by some government officials and private citizens alike.

Keeping Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
By Dave Emanuel

It’s time to talk trash. Now, if you’re expecting to read some lurid details and bad-mouthing, and see some dirty laundry exposed, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. I’m going to talk trash—literally.

Snellville’s CopCab – making a positive difference
By Dave Emanuel

An automotive centaur of sorts, Snellville’s “CopCab” appears to be half police car, half taxi cab. However, in spite of its seeming “dual personality”, the vehicle is intended to neither carry fare-paying passengers nor to enforce laws.

It seemed more than a little ironic that the Grayson Arts and History Center announced its reopening less than a month after the intersection of Highway 78 and Rosebud Road was named in honor of Mrs. Runnell Brooks Foster.

From 1818, when it was chartered, until the 1960s, Gwinnett County was just one of Georgia’s many slow-growing rural areas. But as the county’s attractiveness became more widely known, its complexion began to change.