WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 13, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bevel, Mary Kate (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Cook, Margaret "Peggy" (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Kimberly, Knox (Mental Health America of Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Hernandez, James (Harris County/Harris County Toll Road Authority)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (Texas assocition of counties)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Riddle, John (Self; Texas State Association of Firefighters)
Against:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Carlton, John (Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2)
For:
Floyd, Bonnie (Travis County Purchasing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Self; Fort Bend County Precinct 3)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Elam, Chris (Fort Bend County Commissioner Pct. 3)
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Short, Jim (Ft bend county, texas)
Thompson, Rick (Texas assocition of counties)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Calvert, Tommy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Lambert, Lanny (City of converse)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Davis, Chester (Self; Texas Pyrotecnic Association)
Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)
Soffes, Ray (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mendenhall, Nathan (Bexar County Fire Marshal's Office)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Pyrotechnic Assn)
Martinez, Mario (Mr. G's Fireworks)
For:
Bevel, Mary Kate (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Cook, Margaret "Peggy" (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Smith, Douglas (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Unruh, Debbie (Independent Ombudsman of TJJD)
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Woog, Amanda (Institute for urban policy research and analysis)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Gidseg, Joey (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Mental Health America of Texas)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
For:
Nanny, John (Harris County Sheriff's Office)
On:
Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Short, Jim (Harris county, texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Morales, Jesse (Harris County Public Infrastructure)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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