WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 3, 1999-2:00P
HB 62ales tax
For: Aka, Ray (Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector)
Bigham, Mark (Raytheon Company)
Clark, Jeff (Texas Association of Business and Chambers
of Commerce)
Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience
Institute)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Robinson, Ron (Texas R&D Coalition)
Williamson, Tim (Ilex Oncology Inc.)
Against: Doll, Anna (Government Finance Officres Association of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allaway, Bill (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Wise, Andrew (American Electronics Association)
HB 86ales tax
For: Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies, Inc.)
Gray, Tammy (Self and Proprietor of Lamar Plaza Drug
Store / Pharmacist)
Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Nicholson, Sean Patrick (Dayton Hudson Corporation)
Seymour, Paul (Payless Shoe Source, Inc.)
Weikel, Mark (Foley's Department Stores)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL - CIO)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against: Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
HB 111sales tax
For: Bolder, David (Texas Internet Service Provider
Association)
Kissinger, Chad (Texas Internet Service Provider
Association)
Miller, Eben (Self and collegestudent.com)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Against: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
HB 112sales tax
For: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Nicholson, Sean Patrick (Dayton Hudson Corporation)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Against: Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
HB 113sales tax
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Nicholson, Sean Patrick (Dayton Hudson Corporation)
Seymour, Paul (Payless Shoe Source, Inc.)
Weikel, Mark (Foley's Department Store)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
HB 179sales tax
For: Castagna, Jennifer (Self and Baylor University Student
Body)
Cervantes, Richard (Self and College Bookstore Industry
/ Higher Education Administrator)
Horton, J.B. (Student Body of West Texas A&M University)
Mitchell, George (Self and President of University Coop)
Raney, John (Self and Texas Aggie Bookstore)
Rome, Christy (Self and Student Body at Baylor
University)
Sanchez III, Arturo (Self and Student Body President
Texas A&M International University)
Walsh, Grant (Self and Student Body of Baylor
University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Foyt, Alicia (Texas A&M University System / Chancellor's
Student Advisory Board)
Griffith, Jason (Texas A&M University System /
Chancellor's Student Advisory Board)
Simpson, Ashli (Texas A&M University's Student Body)
HB 230sales tax
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
HB 528sales tax
For: Castagna, Jennifer (Self and Baylor University Student
Body)
Cervantes, Richard (Self and College Bookstore Industry
/ Higher Education Administrator)
Horton, J.B. (Student Body of West Texas A&M University)
Mitchell, George (Self and President of University Coop)
Raney, John (Self and Texs Aggie Bookstore)
Rome, Christy (Self and Student Body at Baylor
University)
Sanchez III, Arturo (Self and Student Body President
Texas A&M International University)
Walsh, Grant (Self and Student Body of Baylor
University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Foyt, Alicia (Texas A&M University System / Chancellor's
Student Advisory Board)
Griffith, Jason (Texas A&M University System /
Chancellor's Student Advisory Board)
Holand, Anna Lisa (The University of Texas at Austin
Student Body)
Simpson, Ashli (Texas A&M University's Student Body)
HB 598sales tax
For: Coplan, Michael (Self and Del Rio Recovers)
Douglas, Barbara (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
HB 607sales tax
For: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Venable, Peggy (Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
HB 652sales tax
For: Howland, Gene (Self and Jordan'd Mobility Solutions,
Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hennigan, Mary (Self and Texas Occupational Therapy
Association)
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
Shields, Brad (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
HB 660sales tax
For: Cripe, James (Self and Dry Cleaning Industry)
Gonzalez, Rick (Self and Dry Cleaning Industry)
Reichstadt, Shirley (Self and Dry Cleaner)
Renteria, Danny (Self and Dry Cleaner)
Salome, Greg (Self and Dry Cleaning Industry)
Sawyer, Darrell (Self and Carl's Cleaners, Inc.)
Stocker, William (Self and Dry Cleaner)
Whatley, Chester (Self and Dry Cleaning Industry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baldwin, Bruce (Self and Southwest Dry Cleaners
Association / Proprietor of Rawhide Cleaners)
Cox, Samuel (Self and Cox Dry Cleaners & Laundry)
Culpepper, Jess (Self and Culpepper Cleaners Inc.)
Davies III, Charles (Self and Washington Laundry and
Cleaners)
Godo, Patricia (Self and Avon Cleaners (Godo & Godo
Inc.))
Johnson, Susan (Self and Peerless Laundry and Dry
Cleaners)
Johnson III, Allan (Self and Propietor of a Dry
Cleaners)
McReynolds, Laurie (Waco Comet Cleaners, Inc.)
O'Connell, Michael (Self and investment banker)
Sawyer, Penny (Self and Carl's Cleaners)
Stanley, Andrew (Self and Southwest Dry Cleaners
Association)
Stavley, Gerald (Self and 1hr. Martinizing Dry
Cleaners)
Thum, Richard (Self and Comet 1hr. Cleaners, Inc.)
Whatley, Alice (Durin's Cleaners)
HB 730sales tax
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Butts, Nina (Texans Against Gun Violence)
Mitchell, Debbie (National Rifle Association / Texas
Wildlife Association)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)
HB 871sales tax
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Copeland, Chris (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
HB 944sales tax
For: Miller, Eben (Self and collegestudent. com, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Venable, Peggy (Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy)
HB 987sales tax
For: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Venable, Peggy (Texas Cititzens for a Sound Economy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Holt, Charles (Common Cause of Texas)
Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause of Texas)
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
HB 1115 sales tax
For: Bolder, David (Texas Internet Service Provider
Association)
Kissinger, Chad (Texas Internet Service Provider
Association)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Against: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Miller, Eben (collegestudent.com)
Venable, Peggy (Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy)
HB 1250 sales tax
For: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
HB 1258 sales tax
For: McLemore, Bill (Veterans for Foreign Wars / Texas
Association of County Veterans Service Officers)
HB 1298 sales tax
For: Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Nicholson, Sean Patrick (Dayton Hudson Corporation)
Seymour, Paul (Payless Shoe Source, Inc.)
Weikel, Mark (Foley's Department Store)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Self and Texas AFL-CIO)
HB 1587 sales tax
For: Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacies, Inc.)
Gray, Tammy (Self and Proprietor of Lamar Plaza Drug
Store / Pharmacist)
Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Miller, Eben (collegestudent.com, Inc.)
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association)
Nicholson, Sean Patrick (Dayton Hudson Corporation)
Seymour, Paul (Payless Shoe Source, Inc.)
Weikel, Mark (Foley's Department Stores)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL - CIO)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Pharmacy Association)
sales tax
On: Hamilton, Billy (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)