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Thank you for your interest in the issue of "NO Ferry Tax". Because of your support, we won!
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final bipartisan state budget compromise with the House of Representatives and Governor Pat McCrory
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2016 @ 8:44 am
By: Bill Cook
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The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House & Senate have each passed its own version of House Bill #1030 (the budget bill).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thank you to Rep. Michael Speciale and Rep. John Torbett for filing House Bill #93. Rep. Speciale and Torbett are the primary sponsors. Further, Representatives John Bell, Becky Carney, George Graham, Pricey Harrison, and coastal Representative Paul Tine have signed on as co-sponsors.
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In reviewing the legislative session, one of the topics we discussed was our work in opposition to ferry tolls. The Lt. Governor immediately expressed his long standing opposition to tolling North Carolina’s highways.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 9:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2014 NC General Assembly will adjourn within a few days. The transportation portion of the budget appears to have been settled.
Published: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thank you to everyone who attended the final NC DOT Public Hearing in Ocracoke on Monday evening, 2/24/14.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It was a great meeting with a great discovery = we get to direct our own show here. The DOT has changed it's whole approach. No longer are they wanting to cram things down our throats.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:48 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Bureaucrats at the NC Dept. of Transportation plan to coerce local transportation planning organizations into requesting ferry tolls on all untolled ferry routes.
Published: Sunday, February 2nd, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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No ferry tolls will be imposed on the Aurora/Bayview ferry. No new tolls will be imposed on any ferries for the fiscal year 2013-2014.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 9:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thank you to our champions in the NC House of Representatives Transportation Committee & Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation: Rep. Charles Jeter, Rep. Phil Shepard, and Rep. John Torbett.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 @ 10:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thanks to you who have contacted House Transportation Committee members to thank them for the passage of House Bill #475 "Ferry Tolling Alternatives".
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, 5/28/13, the House Transportation Committee approved HB #475 "Ferry Tolling Alternatives".
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rather than trickle down fees, certain state legislators seek to eliminate costs for locals and encourage tourism by removing all ferry tolls in coastal North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 is the deadline for comments about the proposed rules, including ferry tax amounts, addressed to the NC Dept. of Transportation.
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the meanwhile, no further ferry toll bills were filed this week, although one or two are in the drafting stage.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congratulations to everyone who travelled to Raleigh for Monday night's Public Hearing on the ferry tax issue.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT has added a third Public Hearing about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 9:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT has added a third Public Hearing about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC DOT announced today it will hold two public meetings about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There will be No ferry tax for 2012-2013. Because coastal citizens stood up for our rights, we won!
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC Senate voted on the budget, contained in House Bill #950 "Modify 2011 Appropriations Act".
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate budget directs NC DOT to tax ALL ferries, including the Currituck-Knots Island ferry and the Hatteras to Ocracoke ferry. It directs DOT to ignore Governor's Perdue moratorium and begin to collect the ferry taxes, effective July 1, 2012.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 4:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The House Budget passed with veto-proof votes on May 30, and has been sent to the Senate.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 12:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I want to especially recognize Rep. Bill Cook (Republican, Beaufort and Pitt Counties) who took time to speak to nearly all of our NO FERRY TAX ACTIVISTS.
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2012 @ 8:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thank you to all ferry tax opponents who travelled to Raleigh to join the NO FERRY TAX lobbying effort at the Opening Day of the NC Legislature.
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2012 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC General Assembly convenes on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Raleigh. We will be there!
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 6:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The days of cordial campaigns where worthy opponents debate the issues instead of sling mud haven't gone away completely. Take a look at the GOP primary for N.C. House District 3 as an example.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, April 23, 2012 the NC Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Transportation met in Raleigh. Rep. Tim Spears (Democrat, Washington County) proposed legislation to repeal any new or increased ferry tolls.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina civics lesson continues! Our journey is not over. Just because the NC Attorney General "sided with the legislature" does not mean we have won or lost.
Published: Saturday, April 14th, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper, reported to the North Carolina Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee that it was his opinion that the Ferry Tax enacted by the North General Assembly must go forward.
Published: Friday, April 13th, 2012 @ 2:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is time to request action from the NC General Assembly. Joe and Henri are meeting with legislators several times per week in preparation for the opening of the 2012 legislative session on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Save this date!
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2012 @ 10:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Your calls and emails are helping!
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 2:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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