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Parker Space

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Won the General, 2019 New Jersey State Assembly District 24

New Jersey State Assembly, District 24 (2013 - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Professional Experience

  • Owner, Space Farms Zoo & Museum & Extreme Pizza, present
  • Fire Chief, Wantage Fire Department, 2001-2002

Political Experience

  • Owner, Space Farms Zoo & Museum & Extreme Pizza, present
  • Fire Chief, Wantage Fire Department, 2001-2002
  • Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 24, 2013-present
  • Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 24, 2019
  • Freeholder, Sussex County Board of Freeholders, 2010-2013
  • Mayor, Wantage Township, 2005, 2008-2009
  • Member, Wantage Township Committee, 2004-2009
  • Deputy Mayor, Wantage Township, 2006-2007

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Wantage Township Open Space Advisory Committee, 2006-present

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly

Former Member, Commerce and Economic Development Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly

Member, Wantage Township Land Use Boards, 2000-2008

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member, Labor Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Owner, Space Farms Zoo & Museum & Extreme Pizza, present
  • Fire Chief, Wantage Fire Department, 2001-2002
  • Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 24, 2013-present
  • Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 24, 2019
  • Freeholder, Sussex County Board of Freeholders, 2010-2013
  • Mayor, Wantage Township, 2005, 2008-2009
  • Member, Wantage Township Committee, 2004-2009
  • Deputy Mayor, Wantage Township, 2006-2007
  • Sussex County State Committeeman, New Jersey Grand Old Party, 2009-present
  • Volunteer Firefighter, Wantage Fire Department, 1989-present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Sussex Rural Electric Co-op, present
  • Member, National Federation of Independent Business, present
  • Member, National Rifle Association, present
  • Member, New Jersey Farm Bureau, present
  • Member, State Legislators for Legal Immigration, present
  • Member, Sussex County Chamber of Commerce, present
Policy Positions

Space and Gail Phoebus' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Solar scandal

Parker and Gail are opposed to the shady, backroom solar settlement that cost taxpayers millions and put a gag order on elected officials who dare to criticize the players involved. In fact, Parker and Gail led the charge expose any wrongdoing associated with the solar scandal by calling both federal and state investigations to make sure those responsible were held accountable for their actions.

Property Tax Reform

Parker and Gail will join State Senator Mike Doherty in support of a new, fair education funding plan that would allocate an equal amount of money per student in every New Jersey School District. The current failed system that spends 60% of all education tax dollars in just 5% of the district's – the so-called “Abbott Districts” clustered in urban areas like Newark, Jersey City and Camden – has failed students and making the stat unaffordable for taxpayers.

Jobs and Economic Growth

Parker and Gail are both local small business owners who understand what it's like to meet payroll, balance budgets and navigate the onerous regulations passed down by those in Trenton. In the State Assembly, Gail will join Parker in fighting for legislation that reduces the tax burden on business and eliminates costly red tape so that New Jersey can become a more attractive place to build and grow a business, and create jobs.

Gas Tax

Parker has been a leader in the State Assembly opposing an increase in the state gas tax being pushed for by Democrats and union special interests. He has also called for a review of the reasons it costs more to maintain and build roads in New Jersey than any other place in the nation. Together, Parker and Gail will stand firm against any gas tax increase being heaped upon the already most overtaxed people in America.

—Space and Phoebus for State Assembly (2015)

Speeches