SELC Out-of-Touch with OBX Residents | Eastern NC Now

Press Release:

    Raleigh, N.C.     The current annual median wage of Dare County residents – those who are suffering without a Bonner Bridge to get to and from their homes, jobs and doctors – is $27,395 per year.

    The total compensation of the executive director of the left-wing special interest group fighting construction of the new Bonner Bridge? $343,257.

    Below is a joint statement from Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg):

    “While the lawyers at the Southern Environmental Law Center claim ‘concern and sympathy’ for the people of the Outer Banks, their actions speak far louder than words. These out-of-touch activists are blocking construction of the new Bonner Bridge as a fundraising tactic, thumbing their noses at the reasonable two-mile replacement contracted years ago to push for an outrageous 17-mile bridge that would cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. It’s disheartening to see them put lives and livelihoods at risk while paying themselves several times more than those who are suffering because of their frivolous lawsuits.”

    President Pro Tempore Senator Phil Berger

    2007 Legislative Building
    Raleigh, N.C. 27601

    (919) 733-5708


    Contacts:

     Amy Auth, (919) 301-1737  •  Shelly Carver (919) 301-1744