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Behind the Bastards

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The Rise and Fall of Dickens

H. Lamar Willis was disbarred after the Georgia Supreme Court found that he violated numerous professional conduct rules, including placing a settlement money from a child injury case into his personal bank account instead of giving it to the parents. Dickens ran for post-3 against an incumbent named H. Lamar Willis. He won the election in November with 53% of the vote,. which is surprisingly strong victory for a relatively unknown candidate like Dickens was at the time. During his first term, 2013 to 2017, Dickens worked pretty quietly. But towards the end of his term, he started to introduce legislation, make a name for himself. So he created a $40 million affordable housing bond, as well as a

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