Tan Parker is the 2006 Republican Party nominee for Texas House District 63 race. He defeated Anne Lakusta in an April 11 runoff in Denton County, Texas. This is a text version of this page
Speak of gas drilling, Representative Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound) recently announced an agreement to "Best Practices for Pipeline and Municipality Relations" guidelines for pipeline management throughout the Barnett Shale region. Widely viewed as a cooperative effort between industry and community leaders, the Best Practices document was written by a working group comprised of the Texas Pipeline Association and several local mayors and county representatives. The Best Practices document addresses issues with regard to communication, pipeline routing, private property rights and use of public rights-of-way. The document directs the pipeline company to negotiate in “good faith” when acquiring easements from landowners, to provide cities with a company representative who is available 24 hours a day, to require that right-of-way agents be registered with the Texas Real Estate Commission, and to provide the city with a copy of the final pipeline route.
Analysis of Cancer in Flower Mound Finds No Evidence of Cluster
A Texas Department of State Health Services analysis has found that the occurrence of leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and childhood brain cancers in two ZIP codes in Flower Mound, Texas, is within the expected ranges for males and females.
In response to community concerns about a possible cluster of cancer cases, DSHS analyzed the occurrence of childhood and overall leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, childhood brain cancer and female breast cancer in the 75022 and 75028 ZIP codes, using Texas Cancer Registry data from 1998 to 2007. The number of cancer cases occurring in these two ZIP codes was compared with the number of cases expected based on statewide rates.
Studies may eliminate community's fears
By: Bob Weir
The News Connection
During a Town Hall meeting in Lantana last week, to discuss the effects of gas drilling on community health, representatives of the Dept. of State Health Services told the crowd of about 200 area residents that Texas health officials are waiting for lab results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after selecting 28 residents at random for biological sampling that could determine if they’ve been exposed to toxic substances. Even the cold rainy evening didn’t stop the large group from packing the house because of increasing concerns about childhood leukemia, alleged by some to be directly related to the numerous gas rigs sprouting up like weeds all over North Texas. Much of the alarm resulted from a report by state environmental officials confirming that elevated levels of benzene were discovered at some natural gas facilities. The 28 people being tested were randomly selected from the residents of Dish, Texas, a small town about 10 miles southwest of the City of Denton. State officials agreed to do the sampling after Dish authorities paid for the town’s own air quality study.
State Rep. Tan Parker will seek to continue his mission of improving job growth and keeping Texas fiscally responsible. Parker (R-Flower Mound) filed Monday for re-election in the upcoming Republican primary for District 63.
Parker cited his past accomplishments, his desire to continue working on job growth initiatives and the need for strong fiscal discipline as his primary reasons for seeking re-election.
"I want to focus on expanding our job base and attracting new companies with new jobs to Texas in an effort to make sure that the Texas economy is as robust as possible," Parker said. "Without a strong and dynamic Texas economy, we as a state cannot address the other important issues of the day such as education, transportation and health and human services.
A year ago, state legislators across Texas were campaigning to be re-elected.
This year, many of them are lobbying for propositions on the ballot, or at least accurate information about them.
State Representative Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), for example, is one of several legislators making a push for the correct information to be disseminated about propositions 2, 3 and 5 before the Nov. 3 general election.
Parker, as well as Rep. Jim Jackson (R-Carrollton) and others, say inaccurate e-mails have been circulating about these propositions and some of the information indicates that passage of these propositions would result in a statewide property tax, which they say is not true.
Our images of bravery usually come wrapped in Army green or police-force blue.
But bravery comes in blond, too.
Jenna Quinn may look more like a beauty queen than an icon of bravery, but her courage is something to behold.
Jenna is a triumphant survivor of sexual abuse.
No, more than mere survivor, she has become a valiant warrior against sexual abuse of children and adolescents.
A new Texas law bears her name. And the 22-year-old Carrollton woman leaves today for Boston, where she will meet with legislators and others to encourage the fight against sexual molestation.
While attending a recent Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Michael Quinn Sullivan, President of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR), presented State Representative Tan Parker with The Heroes and Champions Award. Parker was bestowed this honor by TFR, Texas' leading taxpayer advocacy organization, because of his strong support for a state budget that responsibly limited the growth of spending while reducing business taxes, and his opposition to legislation that would have increased government spending and raised taxes. President Sullivan of TFR stated, "State Rep. Tan Parker is one of the true leaders in the Legislature seeking to ensure a strong, vibrant Texas economy. He works diligently to keep the burden of government low and the return to the taxpayers high, by ensuring that state government is transparent and accountable to the taxpayers. Texas taxpayers need more champions like Tan Parker working for us in the House.”
During the 81st Legislative Session, the Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed Rep. Tan Parker's House Bill 1041, also known as Jenna's Law. Jenna's Law, supported by numerous children's advocacy groups across the state, directs school districts to include a child sexual abuse preventive policy in their school handbook and district improvement plan.
Parker stated, “Statistics have shown that most abused children are being abused by someone they trust. Since children attend school daily, it is important that teachers, parents, and school employees are educated as to the signs of child sexual abuse. With the new school year just around the corner, my hope is this legislation will raise much needed awareness as to the signs of child sexual abuse so that abused children may be identified and receive the immediate help they need.” House Bill 1041 is endorsed by the Texas PTA, Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County, TexProtects and United Ways of Texas, all of which see this legislation as an important step toward proactively promoting child sexual abuse prevention.
LEGISLATURE PASSES PARKER'S CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION LEGISLATION
Jenna's Law seeks to prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Austin, TX –During the 81st Legislative Session, the Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed Rep. Tan Parker's House Bill 1041, also known as Jenna's Law. Jenna's Law, supported by numerous children's advocacy groups across the state, directs school districts to include a child sexual abuse preventive policy in their school handbook and district improvement plan.
Parker stated, “Statistics have shown that most abused children are being abused by someone they trust. Since children attend school daily, it is important that teachers, parents, and school employees are educated as to the signs of child sexual abuse. With the new school year just around the corner, my hope is this legislation will raise much needed awareness as to the signs of child sexual abuse so that abused children may be identified and receive the immediate help they need.”
DALLAS, Working with the American Foundation for the Blind, AT&T* announced today that it is holding its first training sessions nationwide to help people with vision loss make better use of their wireless phones. The public service initiative is an expansion of AT&T's popular cell phone training program for senior citizens.
"AT&T's free education program is a wonderful way to provide people with a better understanding of all the advantages available from wireless technology," said Judy Scott, director of the AFB Center on Vision Loss in Dallas, where two-day sessions are being held.
