Legislative 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…

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Legislative 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…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 18, 2011

Being in Raleigh last week was like being in the eye of a hurricane.  Bills were blowing through committees, coming to the House floor for heated debate, and moving back and forth from the House to the Senate and back.  All the while, the Governor was vetoing three of our key bills in four days. …

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 4, 2011

Last week in Raleigh was notable for the long debates on several bills.  This started Monday night with House Bill 129 – Level Playing Field/Local Gov’t Competition.  When a local town or county gets into the business of providing digital broadband as one of its services to their citizens, this bill provides that they have…

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