Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
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Crotts seeks another term in 17th District Republican state Sen. Mike Crotts has announced that he will seek reelection in 2002 to the 17th District, which will contain portions of Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Putnam, Spalding, Rockdale and Walton counties. Crotts was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1992 and has been unopposed since that time. He was elected by his colleagues to serve the 2001-02 legislative term as vice chairman of their caucus. He serves on such committees as Appropriations, Banking and Financial Institutions, Ethics, Insurance and Labor, Reapportionment, and Transportation. Active in civic and community affairs, Crotts is a charter member of the Conyers Kiwanis Club and was awarded the George F. Hixson Fellowship Award in August of 2000. He is the past president of Choices for Children, a nonprofit advocacy group that works in conjunction with Georgia's court system on behalf of abused and neglected children. In 1997, he founded Operation Hearing Impaired, a program for the deaf in affiliation with Youth Challenge, operated by the Georgia National Guard. In 1999, he was the only recipient in the nation to be awarded the Charles Dick Medal of Merit by the United States National Guard Association for his work with the Youth Challenge program. In 2002, he was awarded the Eli White Trophy presented by the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard for distinguished service in support of the military in the state of Georgia. He is best known as the author of Senate Bill 519, which makes English the official language of Georgia. Sen. Crotts has held numerous key leadership positions in business and professional associations. He is the former chairmand of the Standard and Ethics Committee of the Board of Realtors, a past president of the Rockdale Board of Realtors and an active member of the American Cancer Society's Rockdale chapter. Prior to his election to the State Senate, he served as chairman of the Rockdale County Board of Zoning Appeals for seven years and played a major rol in rewriting the county's zoning codes. Born in Atlanta, Mike and his wife Phyllis have one son.
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