State House District 150 Rep. Winfred Dukes took political heat during and after the 2009 legislative session when he went to the well of the House and derided his fellow legislators for what he said were poorly timed tax breaks for special-interest groups.
“Sometimes you just have to take a stand,” Dukes, a Democrat who is serving his 14th year as representative of some 45,000 Dougherty and Baker County citizens, said in a recent conversation
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Monday, March 22, 2010
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