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Pamlico River ferry included
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:09 am
By: John Steed
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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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On June 2 and 3, 2016, the NC Senate passed the Sixth Edition of House Bill #1030, which is its version of the 2016 Appropriations Act. The two versions of the Budget bill have several important differences.
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 @ 12:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate leaders on Tuesday began unveiling their $22.2 billion General Fund budget, including a nearly 20 percent pay boost for teachers over two years, a middle-class tax cut, and a tuition freeze for UNC system students
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) and Senator Norman W. Sanderson (R-District 2) filed Senate Bill 812 (Ferry Tolling/Replacement Funds) Wednesday, May 4, 2016 legislation that would remove tolls on the three North Carolina ferry routes that have them now
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 3:03 am
By: Bill Cook
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On a steamy Tuesday afternoon in Raleigh, the NC House of Representatives voted 112-0 not to concur with the Senate's version of the 2015-2016 Budget (House Bill #97). Now, hard core negotiating begins.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Good News: Senate Bill #307 “Eliminate Tolling on Ferries/Appropriations” was filed on March 17, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:28 am
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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We have heard about the changes in Voter Registration rules for NC. I am not in favor of ANYTHING which makes any voter have unnecessary blocks as a barrier to expressing his right to vote, come November. The current deadline is October 10.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 7:56 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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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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Today, Saturday, August 02, 2014, the House passed a $21.25 billion state budget. The Senate passed the same bipartisan state budget on Friday, August 01, 2014.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The NC House of Representatives remains determined to reform the ferry tolling system as part of a larger economic vision for coastal NC.
Published: Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 @ 1:49 pm
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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On Wednesday, 7/2/14, the NC House of Representatives passed House Bill #1234 "Ferry Tolling/Replacement Funds". On Thursday, 7/3/14, the House sent this Bill to the Senate by "Special Messenger" to get the bill to the Senate in a hurry.
Published: Thursday, July 10th, 2014 @ 4:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory was in Wilmington today warning those along the coast and beyond to prepare for Tropical Storm Arthur
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 8:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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As of today, the newest version of the NC Budget contains language to delete ferry tolls on all ferries!
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 4:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook filed Senate Bill 792 to stop ferry tolling. Senator Norman Sanderson joined with Sen. Cook to find other monies to permanently replace receipts that would have been generated by ferry tolling.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 11:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for the short session and there is no shortage of work to be done.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:25 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) filed Senate bill – SB 792, on Monday, May 19, 2014, that would remove mandatory tolls on the three N.C. Ferry routes that currently have a fee.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday was the first day of the 2014 N.C. General Assembly Short Session. Below are some of the issues that I will be working on in the coming weeks.
Published: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 @ 6:15 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Many of you read my article on the issue of property taxes being inflated by 30% BECAUSE no homes are selling at better than 70% of appraised value.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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No Mr. Chairman: An abject point of fact is that Beaufort County has never had a Republican majority of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eastern North Carolina traffic planners are in the process of deciding whether to add tolls to ferries that operate up and down the coast, or to divert money for their eventual replacements from the money allocated in their divisional highway budget.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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I thought we beat the issue of tolling ferries in Eastern North Carolina about a year ago. At that time there were meetings, newspaper articles, threats of political doom, and a lot of dancing by politicians.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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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This week I voted against a budget that would set North Carolina and the northeast back. The budget was a statement about priorities.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 1:27 am
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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This week, I voted against the House version of the budget. This was a very difficult decision but it came down to one primary issue, the future of our rural communities.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
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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