State Representative Frank Iler to seek re-election

OAK ISLAND, N.C. – State Representative Frank Iler (R-Brunswick) held a series of kickoff events over the past week at which he confirmed that that he will seek a second full term in 2012.  The events were held in the Southport-Oak Island area, Shallotte and the Ocean Isle beach area.  Iler, a retired businessman who lives on Oak Island with his wife, Jackie, indicated that he plans to file for re-election on Monday, February 13.

“Over the past two years, I have worked hard to represent the people of Brunswick County and bring long overdue conservative leadership to our state,” said Iler.  “We have accomplished a great deal since Republicans became the majority party in the State House less than two years ago, but it takes more than two years to clean up a mess that took 140 years to create.  There is still much work left to be done.”

Rep. Iler highlighted a number of specific accomplishments, including:

• Balancing the budget while reducing citizens’ sales tax and income tax burden;
• Reducing burdensome regulations that have held our businesses back and stifled job creation;
• Passing a budget that puts education dollars in the classroom, not in the pockets of bureaucrats;
• Eliminating the cap on public charter schools;
• Passing a bill that would protect North Carolinians from the individual mandate in ObamaCare; this bill was vetoed by the Democrat governor;
• Passing legislation to protect homeowners from forced annexation;
• Passing a bill to protect property owners from eminent domain abuse; this bill is now pending in the State Senate;
• Supporting the referendum allowing citizens to vote to protect the definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman; the Marriage Protection Amendment will appear on the May 8 primary ballot.

“Representing the people of Brunswick County in Raleigh is both a great honor and a tremendous responsibility – a responsibility I take very seriously,” says Iler.  “I respectfully ask the good people of Brunswick County for their vote and support as we continue our work to restore fiscal sanity and responsibility to our state government.”