Georgia PSC swears in its first woman commissioner
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Posted 7:10PM on Monday, December 9, 2002
ATLANTA - Angela Elizabeth Speir, the state's first woman elected o the Public Service Commission, was sworn in by Governor Barnes Monday. <br>
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The 35-year-old Duluth woman, an employment recruiter, begins a six-year-term on the commission on January 1. <br>
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The commission regulates the state's electric, telephone and natural gas utilities. <br>
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Speir is a Republican. Last month she defeated Democratic commissioner Lauren ``Bubba'' McDonald Jr. in his bid for re-election by winning 47.6 percent of the vote.