NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 119
The North Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House of Representatives consists of 120 members who serve a term of two years. Each member represents an average of 87,116 residents *, as of the 2020 Census . The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the Senate President pro-tem. The Speaker is elected by the members from their membership for a two-year term. The Speaker’s duties include maintaining order in the House and appointing members to the House standing committees.The North Carolina General Assembly, of which the House is a part, is to convene a new regular session every two years, and the dates for these sessions are set by law. The NC legislature makes decisions on the budget: taxes, tax credits, economic development, education funding, Pre-K, the courts, Medicaid, etc. It also passes laws that set environmental standards such as water and air quality, tax rates, tax credits, criminal justice. Legislators in both chambers serve two-year terms without term limits. Sessions begin at noon on the third Wednesday after the second Monday in January.* https://ballotpedia.org/Population_represented_by_state_legislators
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Mark Burrows
(DEM)
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Anna Ferguson
(REP)
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What changes to the laws in our state would you promote to improve safety in our communities? (Max. 750 characters)
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"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." John Wesley
Current Occupation
Small Business Owner
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53
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8285084594
I have been a small business owner for the past 30 years. It is a position that requires me to look at situations from multiple viewpoints and find interesting ways to incorporate the needs of many.
Economic development. We need diversified and expanded ways of bringing jobs and incomes to our area. We are a rural area, but we are an area rich in resources and people who know how pivot and roll with the punches. By making ourselves more economically stable and successful, we will be able to secure and maintain more state resources
North Carolina is ranked last in the country for dollars spent per child in public education. Last. This is a sad position to hold, and should be addressed in the most immediate way possible. I feel this begins with teacher salary. Until we pull out of this ranking, we need to be paying our teachers above the national average. This ensures we have people invested in our education system who truly want to see it improved.
Legislature should be prevented from withholding a state budget from tax paying citizens. North Carolina is currently the only state to have not passed a budget, which leaves a state shutdown looming in our future. Withholding essential services from the tax payers who have funded them is something the state and federal government seems to increasingly utilize. This should not be an option. Sessions should not be called into recess without a budget in place, and the people we elect to oversee our well-being need to be held accountable for performing this basic function of their job.
Police funding is directly correlated with public safety rates. We need to ensure those entrusted to protect our laws and well-being are given the resources they need to do so. Defunding a system is not a way to punish those who do not properly or rightfully perform their duties. By defunding, we only leave ourselves open to criminal activity finding a place to thrive.
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