WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
April 5, 2001 - 8:00A
SB 1185
AGAINST: Akers, Monte (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX
Day, Anne (City of Houston), Houston, TX
Murphy, Patrick (City of Austin), Austin, TX
ON: Biscotto, Dewey (Southwestern Bell), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cohen, Bruce (Verizon Southwest), Dallas, TX
Hallford, Currie (Communications Workers of
America), Austin, TX
Jones, Tom (Sprint), Austin, TX
Kellar, Danny (TTA & ETEX Tel Coop., and TSTCI),
Gilmer, TX
Willis, D. L. Dally (Texas Political and Legislative
Committee CWA Union), Midland, TX
Wyatt, Mark (Texas Telephone Association), Austin,
TX
Against: Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso), Austin, TX
Hrneir, John (City of Austin), Austin, TX
Rodriguez, Marc A. (City of San Antonio), Austin, TX
SB 1783
FOR: Arnold, W. D. (Texas Cable and Telecommunications
Association), Austin, TX
Clark, Candice (Southwest Competitve
Telecommunications Association), Austin, TX
Cohen, Bruce (Verizon Southwest), Dallas, TX
Darte, Tom (Greenville Electric Utility System),
Greenville, TX
Harting, Sue Ann (Coalition of Rural Communities),
Austin, TX
Nobles, Amanda (Texas Economic Development Sales Tax
Association & Kilgore Eco. Dev. Corp),
Kilgore, TX
Ratliff, Thomas (AT&T), Austin, TX
Van Wart, Montgomery Associate Prof./Director TTU
(Coalition of Rural Communities), Lubbock, TX
Wood, Robert (City of Flatonia), Flatonia, TX
AGAINST: Gray, Weldon R. (Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Texas
Statewide Telephone Cooperative, and Texas
Telephone Association), Henderson, TX
Lopez, Dave (SW Bell Telephone), Austin, TX
Meraz, Gloria (Texas Library Association), Austin,
TX
Willis, D. L. Dally (CWA Union and Texas Political
and Legislative Committee), Midland, TX
ON: Perlman, Brett Commissioner (PUC), Austin, TX
Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless), Austin, TX
Jewell, Michael J. (AT&T), Austin, TX
Kahler, J. Kraig P. E. (Weatherford Municipal
Utility System), Weatherford, TX
Keller, Danny (ETEX Tel. Coop., TTA, & TSTCI),
Gilmer, TX
Against: Hallford, Currie (Communications Workers of
America), Austin, TX
Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX
Shocket, Eileen (Self), Austin, TX
Wyatt, Mark (Texas Telephone Association), Austin,
TX
On: Camacho, Jose (Valor Telecom), Austin, TX
Craycraft, Kenneth Vice Chancellor for Acedemic
Affairs (The Texas State University System),
Austin, TX
Guthrie, Darrell J. (PUC), Round Rock, TX
Jones, Tom A. (Sprint), Austin, TX
Whittington, Pam (PUC), Austin, TX