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by Chuck Wanager
With a new Speaker in the House - the Georgia House of Representatives - David Ralston -- one might expect reassignments. That's what has happened to committee membership, including assignments given local representatives, as this year's session of General Assembly gets under way.
Following House Speaker David Ralston's assignments, Representative Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) has gained a top committee leadership position. In a reversal of fortunes, Representative Mark Butler (R-Carrollton) was stripped of his post as a vice chairman on the powerful and large appropriations committee.