Posts Tagged ‘Public Safety’
Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – June 13, 2011
Last week in the General Assembly was “crossover week”. The bills that were voted out of one chamber by Thursday, June 9th, could cross over to the other chamber for consideration. Those that didn’t make it are dead for this session. It was hectic with packed committee meetings and long floor sessions, one lasting 10…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – June 6, 2011
It was hot in Raleigh last week and promises to be even hotter this week and I’m not just referring to the weather. It seemed that bills were coming through committees by the dozens and we took up almost 100 on the House floor. The Senate continued debating and voted on the 2011 – 2013…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 23, 2011
As we arrived for the Monday night session last week in the House of Representatives, we noticed many visitors in the gallery wearing red shirts. We knew from months of experience with the issue of annexation that they were representatives of various groups against forced annexation. They had been present the previous Thursday when we…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 16, 2011
It was interesting last week in the House not having the budget to deal with. The budget bill, House Bill 200 – Appropriations Act of 2011, was in the Senate last week. Even after it was voted out of the House, everyone still wanted to question, criticize, and second-guess the allocation of funds we had…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 25, 2011
Last week our time in Raleigh was shortened due to the tornado outbreak across the state. We were instructed to remain in our districts Monday, if needed, to assist with storm damage or help in networking with state agencies. Fortunately, our district was not hit like many to the north and west of us. Several…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 28, 2011
Many interesting bills were in committees and on the House floor last week. Many bills of local and state-wide interest are still in committee, including the photo I.D. bill, the charter school bill, and the terminal groin bill. The Joint Appropriations Sub-committees are still meeting every morning on the budget, and the Appropriations Chairs are…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 14, 2011
The third week of the 2011 session in the General Assembly continued to be very busy. Appropriations sub-committees, all six of them, began meeting with their full memberships every morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. They are joint meetings with the Senate, so Senator Rabon and I are both in the Transportation meeting as vice-chairs of…
Read MoreRep. Frank Iler attends events throughout Brunswick County
Over the past week I have attended a number of functions throughout the district. Last Wednesday, I attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office’s new northern Brunswick County substation in Brunswick Forest. Keeping our communities and schools safe is one of the most important functions of government, and I…
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