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www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Developers seem up to the challenge of transforming the Rockbridge area, despite the ongoing pandemic that’s altered the economic landscape.More than 100 homes and a new hotel have been approved for construction, and developers have expressed interest in redeveloping nearby shopping centers, said Jim Brooks, the CID’s executive director. The county and state have completed improvements on surrounding roads and sewers. But the Amazon facility paired with another project walking distance away could keep the momentum going.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Gwinnett County Police Department will participate in the 2020 National Faith and Blue weekend event Oct. 9-11 by partnering with community outreach projects.Oct. 9: The West Precinct is partnering with Peachtree Corners Baptist Church for a winter coat drive 4 to 8 p.m. at 4480 Peachtree Corners Circle. Coats may be donated ahead at the West Precinct, Central Precinct and Headquarters. Information: Henry.Mesa@GwinnettCounty.com.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Tens of thousands of absentee ballots requested in Gwinnett County haven’t yet been mailed to voters because of delays caused by an unusually large ballot envelope.Gwinnett increased the size of its ballot envelope as the result of a court settlement in March that required larger type sizes and clearer instructions in response to a lawsuit over high numbers of ballot rejections.The big ballot envelope, which measures 6.5 inches by 11 inches, takes more time to process by an Albany, New York-based company that Gwinnett hired.“This is why Elections Administration 101 is to not change the rules in the middle of the game,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday. “Georgia’s elections staff and poll workers have a large enough task ahead of them executing an election during a pandemic without shortsighted and uninformed activist lawsuits burdening them with impractical bureaucratic hurdles.”Bianca Keaton, chairwoman of Gwinnett’s Democratic Party, countered Raffensperger’s claim, saying his office had negotiated and agreed to the settlement months ago. She called his statement “disingenuous,” saying it was “some of the ugliest political posturing.”

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Carol Love returned to Family Promise of Gwinnett as the Executive Director in August of 2019. For the previous five years she was an Associate at Wilbanks Partners, where she focused on marketing, events, and client relationship management. Carol was the founding Director of Family Promise of Gwinnett’s SaltLight Center and is excited to be back and working with the churches, donors, and volunteers.Carol’s business career began with Ernst & Young as an Analyst in the Fraud & Investigative Disputes Services Group, and she subsequently became a Marketing Associate in the firm’s Financial Services Advisory Group. Carol earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Carol’s pride and joy is her son Tristan, who recently gave her the title of soccer mom. She is grateful that the Lord has led her back to Family Promise and is enjoying the adventure.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com At the end of a rancorous and chaotic debate -- in which President Donald Trump tried to bulldoze challenger Joe Biden with insults, slashing interruptions and callous attacks on Biden's family -- the President questioned the legitimacy of the November election, refused to say whether he would concede should he lose and declined to forcefully condemn White supremacists.As Trump was wrapping up a nearly unwatchable 90 minutes in which his interruptions often made it impossible for viewers to follow what the two men were talking about, moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump whether he would urge his supporters to "stay calm and" avoid any civil unrest, and would pledge not to "declare victory until the election has been independently certified."SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Another judge has put a court order in place stopping the US Postal Service from making policy changes that would slow down election mail."Plaintiffs have also demonstrated that the combination of the reduction of late trips, extra trips and reduced sorting capacity puts the timely delivery of election mail at risk," Judge Emmet Sullivan of the DC District Court wrote on Sunday, in a case brought by a coalition of state governments including New York.It's the third case in a little over a week where the court has blunted the USPS's changes as the agency is under extra scrutiny now that more Americans are set to vote by mail in November's general election because of the coronavirus pandemic.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

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www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett residents are being encouraged to show their support of the Snellville Police Department on Thursday — by being mellow and eating some pizza.Mellow Mushroom in Snellville will donate 10% of all food and drink orders to the Snellville Citizens' Police Academy Alumni group to support the city's police department. The restaurant is located at 2000 Main St. East.There will be no inside dining so pizza orders must be take out or delivery.There will also be raffle drawings for prizes such as an HP Office Pro Printer valued at $169 from Office Depot, $25 and $20 gift certificates from Main Street Restaurant, $20 Mellow Bucks from Mellow Mushroom, a $40 gift card from Culver's, a $25 gift card from Wild Wing Cafe and stuffed animals.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.comMore than two years ago, Billie J. Elliott and her neighbors succeeded in fending off a proposed QuikTrip at the entrance to their Gwinnett County neighborhood.Now, they’re battling again.Tuesday, county leaders will hear another proposal to build a QuikTrip gas station and convenience store next to Elliott’s house, at the intersection of Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Hayes Drive outside Norcross.Residents hope they’ll succeed in convincing county leaders that the project still does more harm than good.County commissioners in 2018 rejected a plan that would have put a nearly 6,000-square foot building on three acres with 54 parking spaces, four entrances, 10 gas pumps and cafe-style outdoor seating.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com To qualify, candidates must have at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of college credit. In addition to the online application, potential substitutes must also submit a reference and a copy of their college diploma or transcripts. Applicants without a valid or expired teaching certificate, or experience student teaching in Gwinnett County Public Schools, must complete the district’s substitute teacher training program.Substitute teachers are paid between $98 and $120 per day and can work both daily and long-term assignments, according to the district. Because of Gwinnett County’s hybrid learning format this semester, in which students were able to choose whether to return to the classroom or take classes online, subs could teach an in-person, virtual or hybrid class, the district said in a release. Hybrid classes have students in the classroom and watching through video conference technology.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Today I will be talking to my guest Caylin White. I want to know does affirmations work. We hear all the time is we just keep saying things over and over they will come true, well today Caylin is going to answer that question for us.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County voters will have more opportunities to vote early than ever before.County commissioners on Tuesday approved an early voting plan for November’s election that opens the main elections office and eight other locations for three straight weeks of early voting.It’s the first time there have been nine places to cast early ballots, and the first time they’ve all been open that far ahead of the election. The hours will include two weekends.The main elections office will be open for voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., while all the other locations will open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Early voting will begin Oct. 12 and go through Oct. 30.The hours are those that were requested by the county’s bipartisan elections board. County commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of the expanded hours, with Republican Tommy Hunter voting no.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Gwinnett County district attorney race took a new dramatic turn Monday when the Democratic candidate, Patsy Austin-Gatson, filed a libel and slander lawsuit against her opponent, incumbent DA Danny Porter.The lawsuit is in response to interviews Porter did with two local television stations as well as a press release he issued last week after he filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission against Austin-Gatson and former Sheriff's candidate Curtis Clemons. Austin-Gatson and Clemons have claimed the allegations Porter made against them are false."Through such conduct, Defendant has acted maliciously and with reckless disregard for the truth, as his statements are made without personal knowledge of any of the matters alleged and the allegations have yet to be addressed by the Commission, which would be the adjudicating body," Austin-Gatson's lawsuit states.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com sitting DA, Danny Porter. Porter, a Republican, is running for reelection.Porter said he had heard rumors for months that Austin-Gatson and Curtis Clemons, who was running for sheriff, were using county resources to create, edit, print and deliver campaign materials. Both Austin-Gatson and Clemons work in the county solicitor’s office. So does Austin-Gatson’s husband, Travis Gatson, who was also accused of impropriety.But Porter didn’t file a complaint until this week, when he learned of an incident in Hall County that was documented by an investigator in the solicitor’s office there. The investigator, Andrew Ledbetter, wrote in an incident report that Gatson was in Hall County to obtain a search warrant when he handed everyone in the room a business card with his wife’s picture on it and said the campaign “could use all of the support they could get.”SOURCE: www.AJC.com

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