WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 4, 2011 - 3:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Peterson, Michael (AT&T)
On:
Norris, Robert (Legislative Budget Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Gary (THE TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS)
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Caraway, Luanne (Self; Tax Assessor-Collector Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Holmes, Glenda (Texas Apartment Association)
Johnson, Cheryl (Co. TAX OFFICE & VOTERS)
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caraway, Luanne (Self)
Ciavaglia, Mark (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Robinson, Jim (Self; TEXAS ASSN. OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS)
For:
Baumann, Chris (Responsive Education Solutions)
Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)
Dunn, David (TX CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSN)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (Tx. INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM (TIER))
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Against:
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
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For:
Brown, Charles (Texas Property Tax Lienholders Association)
Doggett, Mary (Texas Property Tax Lienholders Assoc.)
Against:
Heasley, John (TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION)
On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (OFC. OF CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ruby, Doug (Texas PRoperty TAX Lienholders Assoc)
For:
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (TechAmerica))
LeBas, James (Rackspace Hosting)
Robinson, Perry (Rackspace Hosting, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Contreras, Carlos (City of SAN ANTONIO)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Dawson, Samuel G. (Greater San antonio Chamber of Commerce GREATER SAN ANTONIO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
Johnson, Brenk (SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)
Kaplan, David (Self)
Lawson, Richard (VERIZON)
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
Peterson, Michael (AT&T)
Roberts, Jack (DELL COMPUTER CORP.)
Saenz, Luis (AMAZON)
Wurzel, Geoff (TECHNET)
For:
Popp, Jim (Popp Gray & Hutcheson)
On:
Garoon, Glenn (Self; FACT - Foundation Appraiser Coalition of Texas)
Robinson, Jim (Self; TEXAS ASSN. OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Holmes, Glenda (Texas Apartment Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Mendez, Mark (TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT)
Morrison, Chet (Texas Association of Property Tax Proffessionals)
HB 1887 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
For:
Popp, Jim (Popp Gray & Hutcheson)
On:
Robinson, Jim (Self; TEXAS ASSN. OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brusniak, John (BRUSNIAK / BLACKWELL PC NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of
PROPERTY TAX ATTORNEYS)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Doggett, Mary (Self)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Ramirez, Melissa (American Property Tax Counsel)
For:
Isett, Carl (J.P. Morgan Chase)
Smith, Charles (JP MORGAN CHASE)
Against:
Caraway, Luanne (Self; Tax Assessor-Collector Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Bacarisse, Louis (PERDUE BRANDON FIELDER Collins & Mott law firm)
Barber, Gary (THE TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS)
Ciavaglia, Mark (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
For:
Gay, Geoffrey (City of Odessa)
Morton, Richard (City of Odessa)
Redford, Susan (Ector County)
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Against:
Moore, Bradford (High Plains Diversified ENergy Corporation)
On:
McCord, Karen (Ector County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Holt, David (City of Odessa)
Long, Larry (City of Odessa, Texas)
McCord, Phillip (Self)
Mendez, Hector (Ector County ISD)
Pace, Ray (ECISD)
Smith, Walter (Odessa College Trustees)
Thompson, Mary (Ector Co Hosp. Dist.)
For:
Mize, Steve (TKO Equipment Co I am the Controller)
Robinson, Jim (Self; TEXAS ASSN. OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Asso)
Clark, James (Hertz)
Isett, Carl (RSC Equipmental Rental 6929 E Greenway PKWay # 200 Scottsdale, AZ 85254)
Propes, Jay (Southwestern Association)
HB 2476 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
For:
Johnson, Rob (UNITED RENTALS INC. FIVE GREENWICH OFFICE PARK
GREENWICH CT. 06831)
Noonan, Ed (United Rentals)
Against:
Flores, Rebecca (Houston Independent School District)
Johnson, Cheryl (CO VOTERS & TAX OFFICE)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Robinson, Jim (Self; TEXAS ASSN. of APPRAISAL DISTRICTS)
On:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Beneski, Amy (TX Assoc. of School ADMINISTRATORS)
Brusniak, John (BRUSNIAKI BLACKWELL, PC NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
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Against:
PROPERTY TAX ATTORNEYS)
Caraway, Luanne (Self)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Lain, Jackie (Texas Association of School Boards)
LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
McCord, Karen (Self)
Pace, Ray (Self)
Smith, Jason (Harris County, TX)
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
For:
Ryan, Robert (STALLION OILFIELD SERVICES)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hinkle, Dan (Association of Energy Service Companies)
LeBas, James (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
For:
Alexander, Wayne (Port San Antonio)
Cortez, Philip (City of San Antonio)
Dawson, Samuel (GREATER SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
Devine, Kevin (The Boeing Company)
Graham, Lloyd (Self)
Henderson, James (City of San Antonio)
Marquez, David (BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPT.)
On:
Cartwright, Deborah (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Wooten, Tim (TX Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
For:
Carr, Snapper (City of Irving)
Gears, Herbert (City of Irving)
Against:
Harris, James (Thompson & Knight LLP/ Joe Putnam, Irving Taxpayers Opposed to Illegal &
Wasteful use of Tax Money)
Houston, Daniel (Thompson Knight/ Joe Putnam/ Irving Taxpayer)
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Against:
Kroll, John (AEG Live,)
On:
Reynolds, Brad (Tx COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Castro, Larry (City of Dallas)
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
For:
LeBas, James (Rackspace Hosting)
Robinson, Perry (Rackspace Hosting, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (TechAmerica))
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Dawson, Samuel (GREATER SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
Johnson, Brenk (SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)
Wurzel, Geoff (TECHNET)
For:
Alexander, Wayne (Port San Antonio)
Cortez, Philip (City of San Antonio)
Dawson, Samuel (GREATER SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
Devine, Kevin (THE BOEING COMPANY)
Graham, Lloyd (Self)
Henderson, James (City of San Antonio)
Marquez, David (BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPT.)
On:
Cartwright, Deborah (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Wooten, Tim (TX Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
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Against:
Lavine, Dick (CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Craymer, Dale (Texas TaxPayers & Research Assoc)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Holmes, Glenda (Texas Apartment Association)
LeBas, James (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Against:
Lain, Jackie (TEXAS Association of SCHOOL BOARDS & Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
For:
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baumann, Chris (Responsive Education Solutions)
Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)
Erben, Andrew (Tx. INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM (TIER))
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Against:
Lain, Jackie (TEXAS Association OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
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