Congratulations go to Senator David Shafer (R-Duluth), who was honored by Georgia Conservation Voters this month with its Second Annual Environmental Leadership Award.

Georgia Conservation Voters is a nonpartisan political action committee describing itself as "electoral action arm of the environmental and conservation movement in Georgia." The group honored several state legislators at a ceremony at the Carter Presidential Center. Shafer was the only legislator from Gwinnett County to receive the award.

Shafer, who won a February special election for the State Senate campaigning on quality of life issues, has championed a plan to increase greenspace without raising taxes or infringing on private property rights. Under his plan, the state portion of the real estate property tax would be dedicated to greenspace acquisition.

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