“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”

- Will Rogers

District 107’s State Representative, Allen Vaught, has been working hard in Austin. He is concerned about our neighborhood schools, and he promised he would do many, many things to improve the public schools in our district.

For starters, he filed a series of bills.
Legislature: 81(R) – 2009

HB 514	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/18/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to recovery of loss of consortium damages by a parent for injury to a child as a result of certain crimes against the child.

HB 515	Author: Vaught | et al.
Last Action:	02/18/2009 H Referred to County Affairs
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to the expansion of the boundaries of the Dallas County and Tarrant County Hospital Districts.

HB 528	Author: Vaught | et al.
Last Action:	02/18/2009 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

HB 1349	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to the supervision of juvenile case managers.

HB 1350	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to money paid into the registry of a court in certain counties.

HB 1351	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to the administration of the Juvenile Justice Case Management System.

HB 1352	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to minimum standards for juvenile case managers.

HB 1353	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to permitting certain military attorneys to represent military personnel and their dependents in civil proceedings before the courts of this state.

HB 1354	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Filed
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Relating to the issuance of a search warrant for a blood specimen from certain persons arrested for certain intoxication offenses.

HJR 35	Author: Vaught
Last Action:	02/18/2009 H Referred to County Affairs
Caption Version:	Introduced
Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Dallas County and Tarrant County Hospital Districts to expand their boundaries.

I know. I’m scratching my head, too.

The Texas Parent PAC seems to be running their public school agenda through some of their other favorite state reps.

That doesn’t change the fact that Allen Vaught campaigned heavily on improving District 107 public schools.

Truett Trailer Park

I would like to invite Representative Vaught to come to Truett Elementary and explain to the kids and families how he has made things better in his second term representing us.

Allen Vaught grinning at Lee Elementary, his own neighborhood school

Explain to Truett, which is beyond capacity by over 700 kids, how the above bills demonstrate the proactive solutions he promised our district schools.

To be fair, Representative Vaught did co-author one school bill. HB130 would provide full-day preschool using community providers… private schools.

A voucher bill co-authored by Representative Vaught, while we have this from Vaught’s own website:

“Ensuring that Texas children have access to quality public schools is my top priority.  Private school vouchers drain money away from public schools.  Thursday night, more than four-fifths of the House agreed that the way to have the best public schools is not to rob them but to invest in them,” concluded Rep. Vaught.”

Slicker than snot on a doorknob.