Posts Tagged ‘Brunswick County’
Iler questions South Carolina planning for Brunswick County transportation
Last Tuesday, July 10th, while attending a meeting at the St. James Town Hall, I was shocked to find that a Metropolitan Planning Organization from Myrtle Beach is going to have a role in transportation planning for southern Brunswick County. The biggest concern besides state sovereignty issues was the lack of information from the NC…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Frank Iler – May 21, 2012
The short session of the 2011-2012 General Assembly began last Wednesday. The daily sessions in the House were very short — about 20 minutes each — and no roll call votes were taken. The Senate, however, voted on annexation bills, which should be in the House this week. There were intense lobbying efforts in various…
Read MoreCivitas Action ranks Rep. Iler the 9th most effective House member (out of 120)
Civitas Action annually ranks House members based on their “Conservative Effectiveness” through a system that is derived by analyzing votes on important legislation. Civitas Action ranked Rep. Frank Iler the ninth most effective of the 120 members in the N.C. House. “This type of recognition is validation that I am working to keep our promises…
Read MoreRep. Iler named “Defender of Liberty”
The American Conservative Union (ACU), a leading voice on national grassroots conservative issues, recently rated North Carolina’s state legislature based on their analysis of critical issues. Based on those ratings, Rep. Frank Iler was given the “Defender of Liberty” award for scoring 100% on the ACU 2011 State Legislative Rankings.
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Aug. 2, 2011
Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was devoted almost entirely to voting to override the Governor’s veto on some of the key bills that we had passed and voting on the redistricting maps for the U.S. Congress, the N.C. House and N.C. Senate. There were actually few bills on which to vote, but…
Read MoreLegislative 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 – 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 – May 9, 2011
The top priority last week was again the budget. The budget bill, which was voted out of the House Appropriations committee the previous Wednesday, was taken up on the House floor on Tuesday. For the first time, the budget was on-line for public viewing for five days. After an eleven-hour floor session and over 40…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 2, 2011
Last week could be called “Budget Week” in the North Carolina House of Representatives. With all six of the Appropriations Sub-Committees having voted their budgets out to the full House Appropriations Committee, it was time to prepare amendments to the full budget. So, on Wednesday, the full committee (all 88 of us) met from 8:30…
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