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DEL.ICIO.USHouse members say farewell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two House members with aspirations of higher office said their farewells today, while the House’s only Independent left legislators laughing as he talked of retiring after eight years.
Reps. Stacey Reece (R-Gainesville) and Jack Murphy (R-Cumming) both plan to run for the Senate this year. Reece is hoping to succeed Sen. Casey Cagle of Gainesville, who is running as lieutenant governor on the GOP ticket. Murphy plans to run to replace Sen. Bill Stephens, a Republican candidate for secretary of state.
Rep. Ron Dodson, an Independent from Lake City in deep South Georgia, made light of all the changes that have occurred in the Legislature since his election in 1998, including three state flags and changes in House speaker.
“I’ve served under the longest serving speaker (Tom Murphy), the shortest serving speaker (Terry Coleman) and the greatest Republican speaker in the history of Georgia (Glenn Richardson), Dodson said.
House members openly laughed when he recalled devoting many days on redistricting, getting public feedback from across the state on proposed district lines and then poring over potential maps. The day the issue reached the floor of the House, he said, “we voted on a map I’d never seen before.”
Reece said he’ll never forget the friendships he’s made in the House. “It has been a pleasure to consider all of you personal friends,” he said. “You have stood with me in some of my darkest moments.”
Murphy said he was a businessman used to being in charge and felt the legislative experience had humbled him. “I can’t think of anything greater to happen to me than when I got elected to the House of Representatives.”
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By A Lake Citizen
March 27, 2006 04:55 PM | Link to this
Since when did Lake City move? It’s not in deep South Georgia. It’s not even in deep South Clayton County. If it’s not inside I-285, the AJC can’t find it.