Commissioner Gregory Parker & wife, Tasha, contemplates running for Railroad Commission
Over the past two years I have had the opportunity to visit with my fellow Texans from Lufkin to El Paso, from Tea Party events in Parker County and industry officials in Midland, to Republican women's club meetings in San Antonio, speaking about my passion to protect Texas energy. One message is abundantly clear; there is a paradigm shift in Texas energy.
The people of this great state are frustrated with inside industry players and political dynasties. The people of Texas are looking for a fresh, dynamic, fair and balanced person who understands the oil & gas industry, but is not beholden to it. The industry is looking for someone that is not an environmental zealot, who understands that oil & gas are the corner stone of the Texas economy and will deal with them fairly and not through the lens of ideology.
Those I have spoken with have openly asked me reach beyond my local commitments as a county commissioner, encouraging me to seek higher office; some have even gone so far as to suggest that as the author of a book on a topic that affects the oil & gas industry and an adjunct professor of government, I should seek one of the open seats on the Texas Railroad Commission. While I am not prepared to commit to a run at this time I have actively sought a gubernatorial appointment to the seat vacated by former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and I am compelled to contemplate the possibility of a Railroad Commission run.
About Commissioner Parker
Commissioner Gregory Parker was elected to the Comal County Commissioners Court on November 2, 2004 and again in November 2008. Where he became the first African American and the youngest person to win election as a county commissioner in Comal County. In 2008 Commissioner Parker was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the State Commission on Emergency Communications where he travels across the state, speaking and leading the states initiative for Next Generation 9-1-1.
Commissioner Parker is an adjunct professor of government at Concordia University and the author of the book "Global Warming...Really?" which was chosen "book of the week" by the Conservative Monitor.
Commissioner Parker holds a Bachelors of Business Administration, a Masters of Public Administration and is completing his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. Commissioner Parker has also completed open courseware from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Energy Economics, Econometrics, Public Economics, Environmental Economics and Government Responses to Market Failure, Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy, Sustainable Energy.
Over the past two years I have had the opportunity to visit with my fellow Texans from Lufkin to El Paso, from Tea Party events in Parker County and industry officials in Midland, to Republican women's club meetings in San Antonio, speaking about my passion to protect Texas energy. One message is abundantly clear; there is a paradigm shift in Texas energy.
The people of this great state are frustrated with inside industry players and political dynasties. The people of Texas are looking for a fresh, dynamic, fair and balanced person who understands the oil & gas industry, but is not beholden to it. The industry is looking for someone that is not an environmental zealot, who understands that oil & gas are the corner stone of the Texas economy and will deal with them fairly and not through the lens of ideology.
Those I have spoken with have openly asked me reach beyond my local commitments as a county commissioner, encouraging me to seek higher office; some have even gone so far as to suggest that as the author of a book on a topic that affects the oil & gas industry and an adjunct professor of government, I should seek one of the open seats on the Texas Railroad Commission. While I am not prepared to commit to a run at this time I have actively sought a gubernatorial appointment to the seat vacated by former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and I am compelled to contemplate the possibility of a Railroad Commission run.
About Commissioner Parker
Commissioner Gregory Parker was elected to the Comal County Commissioners Court on November 2, 2004 and again in November 2008. Where he became the first African American and the youngest person to win election as a county commissioner in Comal County. In 2008 Commissioner Parker was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the State Commission on Emergency Communications where he travels across the state, speaking and leading the states initiative for Next Generation 9-1-1.
Commissioner Parker is an adjunct professor of government at Concordia University and the author of the book "Global Warming...Really?" which was chosen "book of the week" by the Conservative Monitor.
Commissioner Parker holds a Bachelors of Business Administration, a Masters of Public Administration and is completing his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. Commissioner Parker has also completed open courseware from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Energy Economics, Econometrics, Public Economics, Environmental Economics and Government Responses to Market Failure, Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy, Sustainable Energy.
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