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Don Balfour's return to the state Senate

Don Balfour at the State Capitol Monday. Photo by Brant Sanderlin. Don Balfour at the State Capitol Monday. Photo by Brant Sanderlin.

Credit: Brian O'Shea (AJC)

Credit: Brian O'Shea (AJC)

Don Balfour at the State Capitol Monday. Photo by Brant Sanderlin. Don Balfour at the State Capitol Monday. Photo by Brant Sanderlin.
By Jim Galloway
Jan 13, 2014

After the back-slapping and routine chores of reconvening, state Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, took the well to address his December acquittal on 18 felony counts associated with the misuse of his Capitol expense account. Here's what he said:

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Balfour's appearance in the well was preceded by state Sen. Charlie Bethel, R-Dalton, the governor's floor leader, who noted that Balfour's son had just left for another tour in Afghanistan, and wished the young man well. That apparently was a signal that the episode is over -- and that a motion of censure, rumored to be afoot, would be going nowhere.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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