American politician
Mike Sparks [ 2] (born January 11, 1967) is an American politician. A Republican , he represents District 49 in the Tennessee House of Representatives .
Career
Sparks was a county commissioner for Rutherford County, Tennessee from 2002 until 2010, and served on the Smyrna Municipal Planning Committee from 2001 to 2010.[ 3]
His former auto business, MidTnAUTOS.com, was reported by the Business Journal to be the first 'dot com' car business in Tennessee to use a domain name as its official company name.[ 4]
Sparks has self-published three books: Learn The Car Business for Fun & Profit , Learn to Barter & 21 Ways to Increase Your Income and How to Do More with Less During Tough Times .[ 5]
Prompted, in part, by the Rutherford County, Tennessee juvenile arrest and incarceration scandal , in January 2023, he introduced House Bill 720[ 6] to the Tennessee General Assembly , proposing amendments to protect juveniles from interrogation in the absence of a guardian.[ 7]
References
^ "Rep. Mike Sparks" . Nashville, Tennessee : Tennessee General Assembly . Retrieved March 17, 2014 .
^ "Mike Sparks' Biography" . Project Vote Smart . Retrieved March 17, 2014 .
^ "Mike Sparks earns endorsement from Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association" Murfreesboro Voice , October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
^ "'I was on to something'" J. Holly Dolloff, Nashville Business Journal , April 3, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
^ "How to Do More with Less During Tough Times" Michael J. Sparks, Createspace, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
^ "HB 0720 by Sparks" Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ "Legislation aims at averting excessive jailing of juveniles" Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout , January 18, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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