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Georgia politicians protect their own

The members of the Senate Ethics Committee have finally settled ethics...dined by lobbyists.The Senate Ethics Committee was finally compelled ? or...claims.One member of the Senate Ethics Committee objected to all of this...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-08-28/georgia-politician
Guest Columns | Opinion
Georgia voters tolerant, forgiving

...talked in this space before about Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, who was recently fined $5,000 by the Senate Ethics Committee for submitting more than a dozen inaccurate expense claims with the state covering days on which he was actually...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-09-12/georgia-voters-tol
Guest Columns | Opinion
Too many lawmakers escaped challenges

...pending complaints against him ? involving state reimbursement on official expenses ? that were filed with the Senate Ethics Committee. "There were some minor mistakes and I reimbursed the state for those mistakes," Balfour acknowledged after...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-05-30/too-many-lawmakers
Guest Columns | Opinion
17,000 reasons for a new ethics law

...R-Sandy Springs, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, and Sen. John Crosby, R-Tifton, who chairs the Senate Ethics Committee. I consider them to be decent, honorable legislators who want to do the right thing when it comes to enforcing...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2011/01/26/opi_603323.shtml
New law nails cheats? Nope

...The public isn't allowed to see that report; instead, the lawmakers' names are given to their House or Senate ethics committees. Then, the committee chairman is directed to "undertake an appropriate investigation." So, that's when...

http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2009/04/08/opi_517637.shtml
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