LULA — It was a small group, but not a quiet one, that met with state Rep.-elect Lee Hawkins on a rainy Monday night at Lula City Hall. Hawkins, who begins his term Jan. 1 representing House District 27, which comprises mostly North Hall, talked with about a dozen residents on a range of hot-button issues in what was one of several town-hall meetings Hawkins hopes to hold before legislators start the 2013 session in January. The chatter ranged from tight state finances to the charter schools amendment, which, if approved by voters Nov. 6, would effectively give a state-issued commission the power to approve charter schools.