November 27, 2006-
JOIN THE TPSA AND PAY THE CONSTABLES TO PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS
TPSA Leaders up to their same old tricks
Leaders of the Texas Process Servers Association are currently conducting a membership
drive in anticipation of the upcoming legislative session. After losing over half its members
due to poor leadership, the association is fighting to stay alive. The yearly membership dues
of $75.00 have been reduced to $50.00 to attract new members but, in their classic style,
TPSA leaders are not telling prospective members the whole truth. Membership dues will be
used to promote the secret agenda of full-blown regulation.
As President of the TPSA, Carl Weeks heads the membership drive. He claims to promote
beneficial changes for the industry. However, as Chairman of the Process Service Review
Board, he has had more than a year to promote these so-called beneficial changes. Yet, all
he has managed to come up with are the PSRB's recommendations. These
recommendations are designed to benefit the constables by restricting the private sector.
For those thinking about joining the TPSA, know this... they need your money to pay for their
expensive lobbyist. At the last legislative session, their lobbyist promoted strict rules and
restrictive regulation supported by the testimony of TPSA leaders and constables.
Regardless of your position on the issues, your inclusion in the TPSA could be used as
clout at the upcoming session to promote changes you and the majority of process servers
may not agree with.
At the last legislative session, as the TPSA vice-president, Carl Weeks did exactly that. While
testifying before legislators, he claimed the TPSA had "800 members and they all support
licensing" despite the fact that many TPSA members opposed licensing in favor of the
proposed certification program. Weeks took advantage of his position and did those
members who opposed licensing a disservice by speaking on their behalf.
Weeks and his pro-regulation group nearly ruined the industry's chances at certification.
After the Supreme Court proposed certification, a licensing bill was filed and Weeks, along
with constables and other TPSA leaders, vigorously pushed for its passage. Had that bill
become law, certification would have been abandoned and process servers would have
been over-regulated with an unnecessary and intrusive license. Thanks to activist process
servers, that effort was stopped. However, now that Weeks is in charge of both the TPSA
and the PSRB, he is even more capable of achieving his goals.
During the last session, many wondered why TPSA leaders kept pushing for full-blown
licensing when the Texas Supreme Court was set to enact a near perfect certification
program favored by the majority of process servers. Weeks is a former Williamson County
Deputy Constable and remains a fully commissioned peace officer. The regulation he
supports would not only level the playing field for the constables, it would enable them to
regain some of the market share lost through the natural mechanisms of free enterprise. Is
he really a secret agent for the constables? The implications are concerning and it's no
secret that constables think private process servers should not exist.
It's not enough for process servers to simply opt out of the TPSA; they need to become
active or they could be blindsided by the constables' negative influence. The pro-regulation
group will continue their quest whether they have 800 or 8 members. The first step and a
better alternative is to join the Certified Civil Process Servers Association of Texas FOR
FREE. This association opposes intrusive government regulation and the constables desire
to destroy the industry. CCPSAT leaders will work to protect the free enterprise of the
industry and would never abuse the good will of their membership. Please join the CCPSAT
for FREE at www.ccpsat.org.
Process servers need honest leadership they can trust. By joining the CCPSAT you will be
joining the very people who made certification a reality. Help us protect the current
certification program from being turned into the license the pro-regulation group fought so
desperately to achieve at the last session.
Sincerely,
Tod E. Pendergrass
Director, The Certified Civil Process Servers Association of Texas
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