Michael Lazzara | |
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Member of the
North Carolina Senate from the 6th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Harry Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Jacksonville, North Carolina |
Michael A. Lazzara is a North Carolina politician. [1]
Lazzara was born in Palermo, Sicily and raised in Chicago. [2]
Lazzara served in the United States Marine Corps from 1982 to 1986 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune. [3] He was promoted to corporal.
Lazzara is the owner of Lazzara Pizza Inc. [3] By 2021, Lazzara has been in the pizza industry for 30 years. [4] In 2005, Lazzara first started serving as Mayor Pro Tem of Jacksonville, North Carolina. On the Jacksonville city council, he represented the 3rd ward. [5] Lazzara is chairman of the Jacksonville Tourism Development Authority. [2] In 2020, Mayor Pro Tem Lazzara, along with Chief Michael Yaniero, accepted a Law Enforcement Agency of the Year awarded to the Jacksonville Police Department by the North Carolina Police Executives Association. [6] On November 3, 2020, Lazzara was elected to the North Carolina Senate seat representing the 6th district. He resigned from the city council as result. [5] Lazarra assumed office on January 1, 2021. [7] Lazarra and was sworn in with a virtual ceremony on January 2 alongside George G. Cleveland and Jimmy Dixon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] [10] Lazzara was appointed to three committees in the state senate: Appropriations on General Government, State and Local Government, Education and Judiciary. In January 2021, Lazzara advocated for a state senate bill sponsored by Deanna Ballard that sought to reopen North Carolina schools, with a virtual option, amid the pandemic. [11]
Michael Lazzara | |
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Member of the
North Carolina Senate from the 6th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Harry Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Jacksonville, North Carolina |
Michael A. Lazzara is a North Carolina politician. [1]
Lazzara was born in Palermo, Sicily and raised in Chicago. [2]
Lazzara served in the United States Marine Corps from 1982 to 1986 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune. [3] He was promoted to corporal.
Lazzara is the owner of Lazzara Pizza Inc. [3] By 2021, Lazzara has been in the pizza industry for 30 years. [4] In 2005, Lazzara first started serving as Mayor Pro Tem of Jacksonville, North Carolina. On the Jacksonville city council, he represented the 3rd ward. [5] Lazzara is chairman of the Jacksonville Tourism Development Authority. [2] In 2020, Mayor Pro Tem Lazzara, along with Chief Michael Yaniero, accepted a Law Enforcement Agency of the Year awarded to the Jacksonville Police Department by the North Carolina Police Executives Association. [6] On November 3, 2020, Lazzara was elected to the North Carolina Senate seat representing the 6th district. He resigned from the city council as result. [5] Lazarra assumed office on January 1, 2021. [7] Lazarra and was sworn in with a virtual ceremony on January 2 alongside George G. Cleveland and Jimmy Dixon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] [10] Lazzara was appointed to three committees in the state senate: Appropriations on General Government, State and Local Government, Education and Judiciary. In January 2021, Lazzara advocated for a state senate bill sponsored by Deanna Ballard that sought to reopen North Carolina schools, with a virtual option, amid the pandemic. [11]