Watch Tonight: Did God Spare Trump?  Plus Earl King Award, UTA West, Another Corporate Relocation

Butler, PA:  Did God Spare Trump – or Simply a Coincidence?

Tonight at 7PM, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick will join Matt Crouch, President and Chairman of Trinity Broadcasting Network, Dr. Phil, a pastor and a news anchor to discuss whether God spared the life of the president or if the incident in Butler, PA was simply a random act of luck.  I’m told the discussion also touches upon what the Bible says about God choosing our leaders and being involved in elections.  This should be an interesting discussion, and I encourage you to tune in tonight.  Let me know your thoughts if you do!

Rev. Curtis Jefferson Honored with Earl King Award

Last week, I was honored to join the Christian Mens Fellowship (CMF) of Parker County as Rev. Curtis Jefferson was announced as the Earl King Award at CMF’s monthly meeting Monday. Jefferson is the founding pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, which he led for 35 years until his retirement in 2022. 

The Earl King Award is named for CMF’s founder, my dad, who passed away in December of 2020.  The award honors a Parker County man for exhibiting Christian leadership over a significant length of time. Rev. Jefferson is the second recipient of the Earl King Award.

CMF President Lin Bearden said, “Earl’s vision when he started CMF many years ago was that it would be a local group of men in business whose sole purpose was to encourage each other to spiritually lead their families, share the Gospel, and make our community a loving, caring place.  Curtis certainly exemplifies that ideal through his testimony in Weatherford and in the workplace.” 

Rev. Jefferson was a bi-vocational pastor, working two full-time jobs until he retired from Chevron Pipeline in 2007. He has also preached at several other churches in Parker County and preached at The Potter’s House in Dallas, home of Pastor T.D. Jakes. He has been very involved in the community, serving on the boards of the Parker Baptist Association, the Weatherford College Foundation and Center of Hope, as well as coaching youth and little league football and basketball as well as a women’s softball team. Rev. Jefferson was not able to attend Monday’s meeting, so his son, Doug Jefferson, accepted the award on his behalf. 

I was honored to present the Earl King Award to Rev. Curtis Jefferson’s son Doug, who accepted the award on behalf of his father.
 

UTA Will Build New Campus, UTA West, on the Parker/Tarrant County Line

In an exciting development for Senate District 10, the University of Texas at Arlington has announced plans to build a new campus west of Fort Worth, on the Parker/Tarrant County line. The campus, to be named UTA West, is set to open in 2028 on 51 acres of land where Interstates 20 and 30 merge near Aledo in Parker County. Once completed, the campus could accommodate 10,000 students.

UTA is the second-largest university in the UT System, with enrollment of over 41,000 students. From 2010 to 2020, enrollment grew by 29%. Over the next ten years, enrollment is predicted to grow another 19%, which does not include the new campus. The new UTA West campus will serve to educate students for careers in aerospace, defense, IT, AI, and manufacturing.

For more information visit https://www.uta.edu/west

UTA West, located on the Parker/Tarrant county line, will be located on a 51-acre tract featuring rolling hills and a lake.  UTA expects the first building to open in 2028.
 

More Proof that The Texas Economy Works:  Chevron Leaving California for Texas

Chevron has announced they will move out of California and relocate to Texas over the next five years, marking the first time Chevron will be headquartered outside of California since its inception over 100 years ago. This latest move adds to a growing list of other companies that have left California in recent years. Recent relocations to Texas include Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter), SpaceX, Oracle, McKesson, AECOM, CBRE, and Charles Schwab. Texas is now home to more than 50 Fortune 500 companies.

According to the Texas Association of Business, from 2010 to 2019, more than 25,000 businesses and 281,000 jobs relocated to Texas, with more than 44,000, or about 16% of those jobs coming from California.

This latest move by Chevron proves that our state’s economic model of low taxes and business-friendly regulations continues to thrive.  In fact, Texas now boasts the eighth largest economy in the world.