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 – 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…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 21, 2011

A good description of last week in the N.C. General Assembly would be “fast-paced activity.”  Committees were meeting constantly.  On Tuesday, my schedule was full from 8:30 to 6:00 with eight hours of committees and a floor session.  The 2:00 P.M. Elections Law Committee lasted four hours. Previously, at Monday night’s floor session in the…

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Legislative 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…

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Rep. 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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