This week, Representative Bobby Hanig, who is currently running against Democratic candidate Valerie Jordan to serve as the state senator for District 3, switched chambers as he was appointed to fill the seat of Senator Bill Steinburg until the expiration of his term in 2023.

But as he moves chambers, his record of failing his constituents remains the same. Today, a letter to the editor calls out Hanig for his abandonment of Currituck County’s public schools – showing that for Currituck families, Hanig’s appointment is not cause for celebration.

Daily Advance: Letter: Hanig ignored school, bus needs in Currituck

• State Rep. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, has failed the citizens of Currituck County for the second year in a row with his inability to secure budget money for critical needs in the county.
• Currituck officials have time and time again met with state representatives asking for funding to alleviate overcrowding at schools, help with adding additional buses and bus drivers, and completing much-needed repairs to aging schools.
• These requests have been repeatedly ignored. Rep. Hanig has shown time and time again that he is just a typical Raleigh politician who wants to advance his own career at the expense of those he serves.
• As students return to school this week, many children as young as 5 will face spending hours each day on buses. This could have easily been alleviated in one of the last two state budgets.
• Other counties got their needs met. Camden County, for example, got $10 million for school construction. Chowan County got $10 million for school construction as well. Chowan also received an addition $6.1 million to buy a historic house and Dare County received $35 million to build affordable housing.
• When the children of Currituck come home exhausted from long bus rides this week, remember that your elected representative could have provided money for additional buses and bus drivers but chose instead to blatantly ignore our needs.

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