WITNESS LIST
Transportation & Homeland Security
April 4, 2007 - 07:30 AM
HB  84
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bohls, Kent  Pastor  (Self),  Bastrop, TX
 
Malouf, Peter  Attorney  (Self; The Bolka Family),  Dallas, TX
 
Morstad, Tim  Associate State Director  (AARP),  Austin, TX
 
O'Ryan, Anne  Legislative & Government Affairs  (AAA Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Zgabay, Sherrie  Manager  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
HB  1447
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Kearns, Dennis  Attorney  (BNSF Railway),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Preister, David  Assistant Attorney General  (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  11
 
FOR:
 
Downs, Ben  Vice President, Bryan Broadcasting  (Texas Association of Broadcasters - Chair, TAB's State Task Force on EAS),  College Station, TX
 
Gaylor, Tom  Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Municipal Police Association),  Austin, TX
 
Phillips, Karen  Chief Counsel  (TADA),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
McCraw, Steve  Director - Homeland Security  (Office of the Governor),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Arnold, Ann  President  (Texas Association of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Cain, Randy  Attorney  (Texas Fire Chiefs Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Flores, Jesse  Commander  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Gonzalez, Luis  Major  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Ratliff, Thomas  Consultant  (Alltel Wireless),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Dave  Executive Director  (Texas School Safety Center),  San Marcos, TX
SB  59
 
FOR:
 
Adejumo, Joyce    (MADD & Late Son Mitchie Mitchell),  Austin, TX
 
Birch, Glynn  National President  (Mothers Against Drunk Driving),  Irving, TX
 
Brown, Kirk W.  Legislative Committee  (Texas MADD),  College Station, TX
 
Chakiris, Georgia  Regional Administrator  (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Chealander, Steven  Board Member  (National Transportation Safety Board),  Washington, DC
 
Lyons, Steve    (Houston Police Department),  Houston, TX
 
Roeber, Danielle  Alcohol Safety & Occupant Protection  (National Transportation Safety Board),  Washington, DC
 
Van Wicklen, Matt    (Family),  Fair Oaks Ranch, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Etter, Kristin  Attorney  (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Lopez, Carlos  Director Traffic Operation  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Housewright, Karen  State Executive Director  (Mothers Against Drunk Driving),  Austin, TX
 
Suhm, Vic  Executive Director  (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition),  Grapevine, TX
 
On:
 
Gonzales, Luis  Major  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  436
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Roche, Ken  V.P. - Government Relations  (Gulf States Toyota),  Houston, TX
SB  1085
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Zgabay, Sherrie  Manager  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  1251
 
FOR:
 
Bresnen, Steve  Attorney  (Pay By Touch),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Du Bois, Doug  Director of Government Affiars  (Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association),  Austin, TX
 
Vickery, Michael  S.V.P.  (Pay By Touch),  San Francisco, CA
SB  1252
 
FOR:
 
Davis, Rhonda  Board of Directors  (Malones Food Stores),  Dallas, TX
 
Kaercher, Carl  Director, Retail Technology  (Super Valu, Inc.),  Eden Prairie, MN
 
Strama, Keith  Attorney  (Steve Bresnen & Associates),  Austin, TX
 
Vickery, Michael  S.V.P.  (Pay By Touch),  San Francisco, CA
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bresnen, Steve  Attorney  (Pay By Touch),  Austin, TX
 
Du Bois, Doug  Director of Government Affairs  (Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association),  Austin, TX
SB  1260
 
FOR:
 
Baker, Jim  Texas State Chairman  (U.S. Custom Harvester),  Spearman, TX
 
Breadberry, Kevin  Texas Committee Member  (U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc.),  Byers, TX
 
Hannan, Mark  Operator  (Custom Harvesters),  Murchison, TX
 
Rattei, Tony  Board Member  (U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc.),  Seminole, TX
 
ON:
 
Burroughs, Robert  Assistant Chief / Driver License  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Coleman, Ron  Program Specialist IV  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Cooper, Kevin  Lobbyist  (U.S. Custom Harvesters),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Robert  Member  (U.S. Custom Harvesting, Inc.),  Vega, TX
 
Reaves, Jim  Director of Legislative Affairs  (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Tony  Executive Director  (Texas Cotton Ginners' Association),  Austin, TX
SB  1267
 
ON:
 
McCarley, James  Consultant  (N.T.TA.),  Dallas, TX
 
Simmons, Steven  Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  1354
 
FOR:
 
Archer, Bill  Owner  (Check Rite / Austin),  Austin, TX
 
James, Dwain  Executive Director  (American Collectors Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Du Bois, Doug  Director of Government Affairs  (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (TPCA)),  Austin, TX
 
Reagan, Karen  Vice President  (Texas Retailers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Stubna, Kim  Director of Public Policy  (First Data Corporation),  Greenwood Village, CO
SB  1363
 
FOR:
 
Kellum, John  Manager Transmission Operations  (Center Point Energy),  Houston, TX
SB  1372
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Coleman, Ron  Program Specialist IV  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Rogers, Mark  Major  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  1406
 
FOR:
 
de Zevallos, Shelly  Southwest Regional Representative  (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Associtation),  Houston, TX
 
Marshall, David W.  Attorney  (Self),  San Antonio, TX
SB  1480
 
FOR:
 
Whitley, Glen  County Judge  (Tarrant County),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Suhm, Vic  Executive Director  (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition),  Grapevine, TX
SB  1787
 
AGAINST:
 
Bresnen, Steve  Attorney  (Pay By Touch),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Vickery, Michael  S.V.P.  (Pay By Touch),  San Francisco, CA
 
On:
 
Smith, Kim  Deputy Administrator, Driver License  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  1794
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Brown, Kirk W.  Leg. Com.  (Texas MADD),  College Station, TX
SB  1808
 
AGAINST:
 
McCarley, James  Executive Director  (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition),  Dallas, TX
 
Thomas, Gary C.  President / Executive Director  (Dallas Area Rapid Transit),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Whitley, Glen  County Judge  (Tarrant County),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Against:
 
Casto, Larry  Legislative Director  (City of Dallas),  Dallas, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Dziyban, Colleen  Managing Director - Government Affairs & Stakeholder  (Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport),  DFW Airport, TX
 
Hiebert, Jerry  Executive Director (Acting)  (North Texas Tollway Authority),  Plano, TX
SB  1828
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Du Bois, Doug  Director of Government Affairs  (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association),  Austin, TX