Looking Ahead to 2012

Happy Holidays! I hope you had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a happy, prosperous 2012.

I would like to thank everyone for attending my birthday party before Christmas. Special thanks Dale Folwell, House Speaker Pro-Tem and representative from Forsyth County. We all enjoyed his talk on the much needed Worker’s Compensation reforms he helped enact.

I am looking forward to 2012. Though it will be a short session, there is much to do. One of my top priorities will be to continue to work to decrease the size and cost of the government in North Carolina. At it current state, it is too large and too expensive for our taxpayers to sustain. The Department of Transportation is also a costly issue. With high gasoline prices and consumption rates, raising the gasoline tax will be financially detrimental to citizens. We must find another funding source and lower the gasoline tax in our state. Municipal rates, especially in Nash County, also must be addressed. As the Chairman of the Municipal Power Agency Relief Committee, I plan to continue our work on possible solutions to relieve citizens of exorbitant rates. 

We return to session in May this year. Between now and then, there will be many committee meetings and work sessions on these and other issues. I hope to update you regularly in this space. Feel free to contact me at anytime when you have questions, comments or concerns.


Thank you.