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Georgia Chamber Names Legislators of the Year
"...State Sens. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) and Ross Tolleson (R-Perry) and state Reps. Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs),
Larry O'Neal (R-Warner Robins) and Jay Shaw (D-Valdosta) were each recognized with the Georgia Chamber's highest honor for their exceptional efforts to promote the chamber’s 2008 legislative agenda." Read More...
What Matters
EXPERIENCE
- Served as your Representative for 9 terms in the State House
- Elected by colleagues to Republican Leadership position four times
- Ranking Republican on the powerful House Rules Committee
- Served as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
- Chairman-elect of ALEC, a national bipartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers.
- Former Cobb GOP District Chairman
EFFECTIVE
- Sponsored and passed bill to freeze property tax assessments
- Co-sponsored bill to lower ad valorem tax on cars
- Cast deciding vote forcing insurance companies to cover victims of domestic violence
- Saved middle school music education program for local schools
- Responsible for legislation allowing renewal of drivers' licenses online and by phone
- Sponsored legislation to give homeowners an advocate in zoning mediation
- Supported Greenspace Commission legislation and other measures to protect our environment
- Passed legislation to protect homeowners from unwanted power lines
EHRHART
- Single dad raising his two sons, Quentin and John at their home in West Cobb
- Member of McEachern Methodist Church
- Coach and sponsor of youth athletic teams at Oregon Park and Big Shanty
- Member of Kemp Elementary School PTA Foundation
- Member of Lost Mountain Middle School PTA
- Boy Scout District Chairman in West Cobb
- Major annual sponsor of Harrison High School's football, baseball and band programs
- Senior Executive at successful Cobb County business
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Georgian Bank, a local community bank
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