Common Sense - Competent - Conservative
A lifelong businessman and 25-year resident of Brunswick County, Frank Iler understands our growing coastal community and the unique issues we face. A respected conservative leader and the senior legislator from southeastern North Carolina, he is the voice we need in Raleigh.
Frank Iler on the Issues:
- Taxes should be as low as possible
- Government should be run effectively, efficiently, and transparently
- Public safety is job one, and we must support law enforcement
- Small business & free enterprise are the backbone of a strong economy
- The Second Amendment protects a fundamental right and must be defended
- We must protect the sanctity of all human life
Experience Matters
- Closed a $3 billion budget deficit inherited from the Democrat majority and replaced it with a $4 billion rainy-day fund for emergencies
- Reined in government spending, keeping spending levels below the combined growth rate of inflation and population
- Maintained a AAA credit rating to protect our state finances
- Enacted job-creating regulatory reform, tax relief and a balanced state budget that have led to North Carolina Being named the “Best State for Business” by Forbes for three straight years
- Spent time in classrooms in every public school in Brunswick County; supported pay raises for our teachers, resulting in North Carolina’s average teacher salary surpassing $50,000 a year for the first time ever
- Supported significant investments in school safety, teacher and state employee raises, infrastructure, economic development, and water and sewer
- Increased funding for transportation and supported a data-based system to take the politics out of transportation project selection
