The day before the Georgia General Assembly ended its 2016 term, House Speaker David Ralston informed the Senate that the House would take no further action on any pending Senate bill until the Senate passed legislation that, if approved by the voters next month, would give the legislature controlling authority over the state’s independent judicial watchdog agency.
The move, said Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, in a panel discussion Tuesday night, was prompted by what he claims is Ralston’s “personal animus against the State Bar of Georgia” over a bar complaint that has been pending for four years against the speaker. Last year, Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, said he would accept a public reprimand, but bar lawyers rejected the request.
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