Mattie Parker is the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, a city that has become increasingly significant in discussions regarding datacenter development and energy infrastructure in the state.
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Mayor Mattie Parker cast the unanimous vote as alignment with Governor Greg Abbott's broader pause and stood up a Fort Worth Data Center and Infrastructure Commission, chaired by Dr. Mike Slattery of TCU's Institute for Environmental Studies, to stress-test noise, water, land-use fit, and zoning.
Mayor Mattie Parker and her husband David Parker, a 20-year registered Texas lobbyist, denied any conflict after activist EJ Carrion flagged his Texas Ethics Commission registration for the Virginia-based Data Center Coalition.
David Parker, husband of Mayor Mattie Parker, is registered with the Texas Ethics Commission as a lobbyist for the Virginia-based Data Center Coalition; the mayor states her husband performs no direct advocacy on Fort Worth matters and she maintains conflict-of-interest filings.