Career in The Georgia State Senate
In 1972, Robinson had left active duty and returned to Macon to join the family hardware business. Two years later, Lee Robinson was elected as one of Georgia's youngest state senators and rapidly became one of the Senate's most active members. He is the author of the important "Sunset Law" designed to abolish state agencies and boards that cannot prove their worth, and he fought for public initiative in Georgia during his eight years of service. Robinson also championed the cause of open government. In January 1977, the Bibb County Jaycees named him "Outstanding Young Man of the Year".
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