New GA speaker takes helm after scandal
Yesterday, the Georgia Legislature elected a new House Speaker who vowed to restore the public's confidence in the wake of a major legislative scandal.
As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
... (last month) former House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) announced his plans to resign after his ex-wife told the world via a series of devastating television interviews that Richardson cheated on her with a lobbyist for a local utility company while championing legislation to benefit his paramour's employer.
Susan Richardson's decision to reveal her ex-husband's infidelities, as well as his need for attention and sympathy, did not cost only Richardson. It opened the floodgates on a month of rumor mongering and depictions of the Gold Dome as frat house rather than people's house.
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