Lake Area State Senator Talks About Losing Chairmanship & Controversial Letter to the Vice President by Oconee Radio Group published on 2021-01-16T22:44:37Z Lake Area State Senator Burt Jones talks about the "petty politics" of losing his committee chairmanship in the Georgia Senate. Senator Jones also talks about a controversial letter he was to hand deliver to Vice President Mike Pence about Congress certifying the Electoral College. He also talks about the leaking of the letter, which he calls a “betrayal" by members of his own party. We did request interview with Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan about Senator Jones' comments. His office did not take us up on our offer.