I have filed and cosponsored a number of bills since my last newsletter, and will be highlighting some of those bills here
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 12:30 am
By: Bill Cook
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NC Representative Michael Speciale speaks directly to his 3rd District Constituents here in this April month of the general assembly's long session.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 12:34 am
By: Michael Speciale
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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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North Carolina legislators seriously talked up tolls on I-95 in 2011 and 2012, but that idea got shot down by Renee Ellmers, Mike McIntyre, a number of legislators with districts along the interstate thoroughfare, and a huge outcry from the citizenry.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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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The General Assembly has completed its work on the state's nearly $20.2 billion General Fund budget. It's now on Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's desk.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 10:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House and Senate budget negotiators have reached a compromise $20.2 billion General Fund budget deal for the upcoming fiscal year that provides 1.2 percent raises to state employees and teachers while restoring $251 million in previous cuts to public education.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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 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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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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Public Hearing on ferry tolls to be held on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm Auditorium, Pamlico Community College 5049 Highway 306 South Grantsboro, NC 28529 (in Pamlico County, NC)
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 8:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are hearing about those awful Republicans who are trying to impose tolls on ferries, including the one at Bayview in Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 11:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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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Interesting things going on in North Carolina about transportation. We now have toll roads and ferry fees.
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 @ 7:33 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Anti-Ferry Tax efforts are expanding in Beaufort, Hyde, and Pamlico Counties. Because we are working to coordinate among the 3 counties, we are pushing back the date for the trip to Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 @ 7:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Margaret Lee Toler Alligood, age 80, a resident of 810 South Asbury Church Road, Washington, NC died Tuesday April 5, 2011 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 @ 8:14 pm
By: Announcements
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America was shocked by the anti-American hatred expressed through the Islamic Revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
Published: Friday, April 9th, 2010 @ 9:51 am
By: Mike Hayes
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