The county line:
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners adopted a new solid waste ordinance for unincorporated Gwinnett County during the board’s business session on March 2, 2010. The ordinance as adopted will be posted as soon as possible.
Service will begin on July 1, 2010, giving residents and haulers time to transition to the new system. […]

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will again consider county mandated garbage collection. Even with lawsuits totaling in excess of $80 million still pending over the last board sanctioned solid waste plan, local media reports suggests that not much has changed in the new proposed plan. The biggest change is […]

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners are set to discuss two lawsuits pending over county mandated trash service. Tuesday’s (November 17, 2009) special meeting is to be held with the garbage vendors who are suing the county along with mediators who will attempt to resolve the two pending 40 million dollar plus lawsuits. Yes, $80,000,000.00+.
Guess […]

The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office will begin enforcing federal immigration law under the 287(g) program starting Monday, November 16th. Gwinnett County was accepted into the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) program this July.
• Click here to view a video of Sheriff Butch Conway and Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter discussing the 287(g) program and […]

Qualified firearm owners are now allowed to bring their weapons into Stone Mountain Park. Anyone, except felons and those who have been involuntarily committed for mental illness, can have guns inside the park. However, those without a carry permit must leave their weapons in their car.
In May 2008 attorneys for GeorgiaCarry.org filed a lawsuit challenging […]

U.S. Representatives John Linder and Tom Price will host a town hall meeting to discuss the Democratic health care reform proposal along with Republican alternatives.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM at North Gwinnett High School - 20 Level Creek Road, Suwanee.

Gwinnett’s $37 million land deals questioned
County commissioners paid top dollar for park properties
By TIM EBERLY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11:51 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2009
Gwinnett County has paid politically connected developers inflated prices for parkland on at least four occasions in the last two years using questionable appraisals, including two supplied by developers, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review […]

Governor Perdue announced today that due to significant rainfall and improved water supplies the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use for the first time since June 2006.
The State of Georgia has returned to a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use. Under a non-drought schedule, outdoor water […]

The Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office has opened an investigation related to two rezoning applications approved by the Gwinnett County BoC. Both cases involve recent rezoning votes by the BoC associated with solid waste transfer stations and campaign contributions made by the developers who benefited from these BoC votes.
The Gwinnett County planning department, planning commission and […]

The public hearings held Tuesday, May 26th at the GJAC were standing room only and very raucous. This has some commissioners rethinking their position. An informal poll regarding the formal vote next Tuesday, June 2nd has produced the following results:
Commission Chairman Charles E. Bannister
(R); 2012
770.822.7010
Charles.Bannister@gwinnettcounty.com
…in favor of the tax increase
District 1 Commissioner: Shirley Lasseter
(R); 2012
770.822.7001
Shirley.Lasseter@gwinnettcounty.com
…was […]