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Gwinnett County Commissioner Candidate Laurie McClain

April 15, 2020 by Mike

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Gwinnett County Commissioner Candidate Laurie McClain

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Laurie McClain/McClain & Company, P.C.

Laurie McClain, through McClain and Company, P.C., has been providing quality accounting, tax and financial advice to clients in the Atlanta metropolitan area for over thirty years.

Her success is a result of her commitment to finding and implementing cost effective strategies to help small business owners and high net worth individuals achieve their financial goals.

Laurie is valued and trusted as a leader who has served the county in a variety of ways. Besides volunteering for many different nonprofits, she has given her time to multiple ad hoc county committees. Laurie has also been active in the management of numerous homeowner associations, including her own.

Having operated her own small business in Gwinnett since 1996, Laurie also appreciates the value of every hard-earned dollar, especially when the money comes from taxpayers. Importantly, with a 35-year career in public accounting and a master’s degree in Taxation, she delivers the expertise to achieve big goals while balancing financial constraints.

Bradley Carroll with Frazier & Deeter

April 8, 2020 by Mike

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Bradley Carroll with Frazier & Deeter

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Host Rick Strawn and guest Bradley Carroll answer questions about the new CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act which contains $379 billion in relief for American workers and small businesses.

Bradley Carroll/Frazier & Deeter, CPAs & Advisors

Frazier & Deeter is a nationally recognized accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Frazier & Deeter and its FD family of brands have nine offices across the United States and one in the United Kingdom. The firm has been recognized repeatedly as a “Best of the Best” Accounting firm, a “Best Firm to Work” for in the U.S.. and a “Best Firm for Women in Leadership”. The firm provides a wide range of tax, audit, accounting and advisory services to help clients reach their unique financial goals. Frazier & Deeter’s brand promise is “investing in relationships to make a difference™”.

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Candidate for Congress Dr. Paul Broun

April 1, 2020 by Mike

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Candidate for Congress Dr. Paul Broun

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Dr. Paul Broun/Candidate for U.S. Congress (Ninth District)

A Marine veteran and family physician known for his house call practice, Dr. Paul Broun previously represented Georgia’s Tenth Congressional District from 2007 through 2015, an area that included 11 of the 20 counties that now comprise the Ninth District. During his previous service in Congress, Broun never voted for a single omnibus spending bill, tax hike, or debt ceiling increase and proposed more targeted spending cuts than any other member of Congress. MSNBC labeled him “the most conservative Republican in federal office”.

Lou Solis with Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department

March 25, 2020 by Mike

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Lou Solis with Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department

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Luis “Lou” Solis/Gwinnett County Sheriff Department

Lou Solis, a candidate for Gwinnett County Sheriff, is a retired US Army Ranger. Throughout his life, he has worked in a variety of ways to contribute to his community, including service with the Marietta Police Department, as the Assistant Police Chief for the Braselton Police Department, and as the Chief Deputy of Operations with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office . Lou was a member of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange Delegation and is a member of the Georgia Board of Corrections.

Lou is bilingual and has served as a translator in both his professional and personal life. Lou and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 31 years and residents of Gwinnett County for 21 years. Lou attends 12Stone Church.

Charlotte Nash with the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

March 11, 2020 by Mike

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Charlotte Nash with the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

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Charlotte Nash/Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

The Gwinnett County government provides high quality essential services for Gwinnett residents and as many other services as tax revenues allow. The county spends and accounts for tax dollars in a responsible manner, responds to needs and concerns of the citizens, and conducts business in an open and professional manner without favoritism.

The Board sets direction and formulates policies for the county government, adopts the budget, authorizes expenditures, and approves or disapproves specific actions, such as rezoning of private property.

Voters in each of four districts elect a part-time district commissioner. The full-time commission chairman is elected countywide. Terms are for four years, but staggered so the chairman and two commissioners are elected during one election cycle and two years later the other two commissioners are elected.

The Board holds official business meetings the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 2:00 PM. On those days, the Board conducts work sessions at 10:00 AM. The Board also holds a public hearing to consider zoning requests on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. These meetings are held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center.

Marina Sampanes Peed, Aeroh Davis and Lindsay Ferreira with Mosaic Georgia

March 4, 2020 by Mike

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Marina Sampanes Peed, Aeroh Davis and Lindsay Ferreira with Mosaic Georgia

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Aerah Davis, Marina Sampanes Peed, Rick Strawn and Lindsay Ferreira

Marina Sampanes Peed, Aeroh Davis & Lindsay Ferreira/Mosaic Georgia

Founded in 1986 as the Gwinnett Rape Crisis to provide support to victims through a crisis line and accompaniment through forensic medical exams (aka, “rape kit” exam), Mosaic Georgia is a “dual services” center with specialized services for children, teens, and adults. They provide free, confidential support and services to victims and survivors of rape, sexual assault, and child sexual molestation and abuse. They work with survivors of all genders regardless of when the violence occurred and whether they choose to report. Support to children and their non-offending caregivers are offered with care. For support or information, call anytime 24/7 to (866) 900-6019.

State Senator Candidate Matt Reeves

February 26, 2020 by Mike

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State Senator Candidate Matt Reeves

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State Senator Candidate Matt Reeves

Matt Reeves is a Georgia State Senate Candidate (District 48 in Gwinnett). He is a partner at Andersen, Tate & Carr, the largest full-service law firm in the district and outside of the perimeter in metro Atlanta. He has served his community for more than 16 years and was elected Rotary Club President, as well as other leadership positions in many local civic, nonprofit and business groups in the area. He and his wife Suzette Reeves and their three school-age children live in Duluth and attend Perimeter Church. He graduated with honors from the UGA School of Law and Mercer University.

Yhosvely Taveras with Gwinnett County Police Department

February 19, 2020 by Mike

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Yhosvely Taveras with Gwinnett County Police Department

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Officer Yhosvely Taveras and Rick Strawn

Yhosvely Taveras/Gwinnett County Police Department

The Gwinnett County Police Department is a nationally accredited and rapidly growing police agency located in the Northeastern quadrant of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Department currently has an authorized strength of 878 sworn officers supported by 274 civilian employees with the responsibility of providing law enforcement services to approximately 800,000 residents within an area of 436 square miles. The Department is organized into the Office of the Chief and two Bureaus with four Divisions: Administrative Services, Support Operations, Criminal Investigations and Uniform Divisions.

Jon Watson and Don Hamaty with Odin Enterprises

February 12, 2020 by Mike

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Jon Watson and Don Hamaty with Odin Enterprises

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Jon Watson & Don Hamaty/Odin Enterprises

Odin Enterprises is an experienced-based, customer-driven, security consulting and special services firm dedicated to providing accurate and quality security products, training, and actionable intelligence to their clients. Their team has the unique ability to offer what very few can: experienced-based truth about how best to prevent, protect against, and prepare to respond to a critical incident. As former FBI Special Agents and Intelligence community analysts, their team is uniquely qualified to incorporate social media threat monitoring as an additional layer of protection into your existing physical security program.

Odin Enterprises maintains an extraordinarily experienced cadre of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in such fields as crisis management and critical incident response, threat analysis and investigation, social media threat monitoring, security countermeasures, counterintelligence tradecraft, insider threat identification, and cybersecurity.

The SMEs who advise and assist or design and deliver the services possess extensive worldwide experience and vast real world, critical incident expertise. In addition, they use a comprehensive vetting process to select highly skilled SMEs to deliver their custom-designed instruction in defensive techniques in order to identify and counter traditional and asymmetric threats.

Odin Enterprises believes that collaborative teams are more powerful than individuals; so to truly protect and support their clients, they engage with world class partners. They are proud of their strong relationships with strategic partners, trusted advisors, and industry experts, who include some of the most knowledgeable individuals in the country on the topics of workplace violence, crisis management, forensic and clinical psychology, threat assessment, security, safety and trauma.

Collectively, their experience is hands on. The lessons learned that they incorporate into their work are based on real life responses. They remain ready to assist at a moment’s notice.