Both chambers of the legislature are considering resolutions honor the late lobbyist and former House member Roger Bone.
Bone was considered one of the most influential lobbyists in the legislature.
— "Roger made it to the top...by being a very personal, common man," said Sen. Martin Nesbitt, an Asheville Democrat.
— "Roger was never more than the boy from Sandy Cross," said Sen. A.B. Swindell, a Nashville Democrat.
— "We're grateful to him for just making this a place where we can enjoy each other's company ... as we talk about the ways to make North Carolina better," said Sen. Tony Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat and senate majority leader.
Bone served in the 1979 session of the House, later worked as a legislative liaison to Speaker Liston Ramsey, and founded his own lobbying firm in 1987.
The House will consider its resolution when it goes into session at 1 p.m.
Update: The House took up the Senate version of the resolution.
— "He is what some would call a permanent fixture of the legislative building as he has been around as long as anyone can remember," said Rep. William Wainwright, a Havelock Democrat. "North Carolina is a better place because Roger Bone passed our way."
— "He possessed a unique passion for sound public policy," said Rep. Randy Stewart, a Rocky Mount Democrat.
"I can recally many conversations with Roger down in the snackbar of this buildign as he explaiend to me ...the dynamics that really move this assembly," said Rep. David Lewis, a Dunn Republican.
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