I will be participating in the Angier Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 1^st at 10 and the Dunn Christmas Parade at 3.

 

I’ll be participating in the Erwin Christmas Parade on Monday at 7.

I hope to see you there.

 

I have recently been named to the Evaluation Oversight Committee to monitor how the Executive Branch is implementing laws passed by the General Assembly. The first meeting of this Committee is next Tuesday.

 

Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. I look forward to seeing you again, soon.

 

Here is a brief re-cap of new laws that take effect on December 1^st. This list was compiled from a summary in the News and Observer.

 

HANG UP: It becomes a misdemeanor, with a minimum $100 fine, for school bus drivers to talk on the phone while driving.

FEWER BREAKS: It will be harder for speeding motorists to get off with a lesser charge.

CARD 'EM: Those who provide alcohol to a minor could lose their driver's licenses.

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT: Rules will be set so motorcyclists can go through a red light that won't turn green because the motorcycle is too light to set off a sensor in the road.

THEFT: There will be new felonies for people who shoplift high-end merchandise or conspire to steal multiple times from a store with the intent to resell the goods.

CANINE CRIMES: Someone who willfully kills a police or seeing-eye dog could face a felony with possible prison time.

RESPECT THE DEAD: Anyone who vandalizes or defaces a grave marker, tombstone or other cemetery monument, no matter how small the damage, could face a low-grade felony.

SKIP THE DRINK: Alcohol inhalers, which use a mixture of vaporized alcohol and oxygen to put alcohol directly into the bloodstream, will be prohibited.

FRAUD: It will be easier to prosecute residential mortgage fraud by defining the practice and creating tougher punishments for repeat offenders.

 

FEED 'EM: It will be a higher grade of misdemeanor to kill an animal through intentional starvation.

NO CHOPPING: An automobile "chop shop" law makes it a felony for someone to disassemble a car that was illegally obtained or buy one with an altered identification number.

SHARING: Law enforcement agencies will have to turn over copies of all crime investigation records to prosecutors so that they can be made available to defense lawyers.