WITNESS LIST
Transportation & Homeland Security
March 21, 2007 - 07:30 AM
SB  11
 
FOR:
 
Blackwell, Tom    (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Cooper, Lee  Individual Citizen  (Self),  Leander, TX
 
McWhorter, Claudia  Communication Director  (American Red Cross),  Austin, TX
 
Popken, Thomas  Vice President  (Dallas Police Association),  Dallas, TX
 
Robinson, Robie  Dallas County Director of Security and Emergency Management  (Emergency Management Association of Texas),  Dallas, TX
 
Smith, Dannie C.  Fire Chief  (Texas Fire Chief's Association),  Sugar Land, TX
 
ON:
 
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn  Education Liaison  (Texas Eagle Forum),  Weatherford, TX
 
McCraw, Steve  Director HLS  (Governor's Office),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Baker, Mike  Fire Chief  (San Marcos Fire Rescue),  San Marcos, TX
 
Franklin, Neal J.  Fire Chief  (City of Tyler Fire Department),  Tyler, TX
 
Gilbert, Paul    (Self),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Jennings, Sheila  Executive Director  (Emergency Management Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Lazarus, Richard  Fire Chief  (City of Longview & Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
 
Mendez, Mark  Assistant County Administrator  (Tarrant County),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Mongeau, Phillip  Emergency Management Coordinator  (Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT)),  Mesquite, TX
 
Perez, Leonardo L.  Fire Chief  (Brownsville Fire Department),  Brownsville, TX
 
Pollock, Steve  Fire Chief - Cedar Hill  (Texas Fire Chiefs),  Cedar Hill, TX
 
Ratliff, Shannon  Legislative Counsel  (Corporation for Texas Regionalism),  Austin, TX
 
Riley, Vance  Fire Chief, Victoria Fire Department  (Texas Fire Chiefs Association),  Victoria, TX
 
Robinson, Jim    (Amateur Radio State Government Liaison for South Texas),  Houston, TX
 
Against:
 
Cruz Silva, Velma  Government Affairs Manager  (Sprint Nextel),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Colley, Jack  Chief  (Department of Public Safety / Governor's Division of Emergency Management),  Austin, TX
 
Powell, Denita  Preparedness Unit Director  (DSHS),  Austin, TX
 
Simmons, Steven  Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Dave  Executive Director  (Texas School Safety Center),  San Marcos, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Reid, Glen    (National Association for Amateur Radio / ARRL),  Austin, TX
SB  274
 
FOR:
 
Davis, Michael J.  National Director  (Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd.; VET-NET and Combat Vietnam Veterans of Texas),  Pilot Point, TX
 
Gibbons, Jr., Kenneth A.    (Self),  Weatherford, TX
SB  668
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Cartwright, Janice  Executive Director  (Real Estate Council of Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Gaster, Talia  Legislative Consultant  (Travis County Commissioners Court),  Austin, TX
 
Rollins, Mike  President  (Austin Chamber of Commerce),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Saenz, Amadeo  Assistant Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Cassidy, C. Brian  Attorney; Locke, Liddell & Sapp, L.L.P.  (North East Texas RMA, Central Texas RMA, Alamo RMA),  Austin, TX
SB  718
 
FOR:
 
Hall, Terri  Director  (T.U.R.F.),  San Antonio, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hufford, Ron  Executive Vice President  (Texas Forestry Association),  Lufkin, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren  Associate Legislative Director  (Texas Farm Bureau),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Behrens, Mike  Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  719
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hufford, Ron  Executive Vice President  (Texas Forestry Association),  Lufkin, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren  Associate Legislative Director  (Texas Farm Bureau),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Saenz, Amadeo  Assistant Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Hall, Terri  Founder/Director  (T.U.R.F.),  San Antonio, TX
SB  766
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Behrens, Mike  Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  792
 
FOR:
 
Emmett, Ed  County Judge  (Harris County),  Houston, TX
 
Lee, El Franco  Commissioner  (Harris County, Precinct 1),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Behrens, Mike  Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Collie, Bob  Attorney  (Harris County Toll Road Authority),  Houston, TX
 
Houghton, Ted  Commissioner  (Texas Transportation Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Simmons, Steven  Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Lee, Donald  Executive Director  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
McEwan, Jennifer    (Greater Houston Partnership),  Houston, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Chance, Ed  Commissioner  (Montgomery County),  Spring, TX
SB  876
 
FOR:
 
Peterson, Jeff  Manager, Government Affairs  (Explore Information Services),  Eagon, MN
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Wells-Plotnik, Rosemary  Manager, Government Relations  (Insurance Information Exchange (iiX)),  College Station, TX
 
On:
 
Lammey, Rebekah  Project Administrator  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  893
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn  Education Liaison  (Texas Eagle Forum),  Weatherford, TX
 
On:
 
Saenz, Amadeo  Assistant Executive Director for Engineering  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  955
 
ON:
 
Simmons, Steven  Deputy Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  991
 
FOR:
 
Hall, Terri  Director  (T.U.R.F.),  San Antonio, TX
 
ON:
 
Allen, Joe P.  Attorney  (Fort Bend County),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Saenz, Amadeo  Assistant Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Boyer, Victor  Executive Director  (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMCO)),  San Antonio, TX
SB  1025
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Kearns, Dennis  Attorney  (BNSF Railway),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Saenz, Amadeo  Assistant Executive Director for Engineering  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
SB  1084
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Smith, Kim  Deputy Administrator, Driver License  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
SB  1119
 
FOR:
 
Glasscock, Bruce  Assistant City Manager  (City of Plano),  Plano, TX
 
Lyons, Steve    (City of Houston and Houston Police Department),  Houston, TX
 
Zacharias, Larry  Chief of Police  (City of Richardson),  Richardson, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Kubosh, Michael  Owner  (Harris County Bail Bondsman),  Houston, TX
 
Kubosh, Paul A.  Attorney  (Texas Municipal Justice League),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Ellis, Rod  Government Relations  (City of Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Neighbor, Brad  City Attorney  (City of Garland),  Garland, TX
SB  1154
 
FOR:
 
Fainter, Jr., John W.  President  (Association of Electric Companies of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Kearns, Dennis  Attorney  (BNSF Railway),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Castaneda, Tris  Government Relations  (Gulfcoast Chapter, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries),  Austin, TX
SB  1267
 
FOR:
 
Hall, Terri  Director  (TURF),  San Antonio, TX
 
Reeves, Richard    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Thompson, Jr., Jere    (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Ullrich, Heidi  Legislative Liaison  (Corridorwatch.org),  Fayetteville, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Fickes, Gary  Commissioner  (Tarrant County, Precinct 3),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Hart, Tom  City Manager  (City of Grand Prarie),  Grand Prarie, TX
 
Hodge, Jerry L.  Director of Transportation  (City of Grapevine & Metroport Cities Partnership),  Grapevine, TX
 
Ingle, Kathy    (LBJ Corridor Champion),  Dallas, TX
 
Jensen, Ron  Council Member  (City of Grand Prarie),  Grand Prarie, TX
 
Krier, Joe  Chairman, TSRT, President - Chamber  (Texans for Safe Reliable Transportation & Greater San Antonio Chamber),  San Antonio, TX
 
Laughlin, L. Russell  Sr. Vice President  (Hillwood Development Corporation / 35W Coalition),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Self, Keith  Collin County Judge  (Self),  McKinney, TX
 
Shetter, Ken  Mayor  (City of Burleson),  Burleson, TX
 
Suhm, Vic  Executive Director / Senior Consultant  (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition & North Texas Commission),  Grapevine, TX
 
Thompson, John  Chairman of Board, Polk County Judge  (Alliance For I-69 Texas),  Livingston, TX
 
Whitfield, Bill  Mayor  (McKinney),  McKinney, TX
 
Whitley, B. Glen  County Judge  (Tarrant County),  Fort Worth, TX
 
ON:
 
Gilroy, Leonard  Senior Policy Analyst  (Reason Foundation),  Houston, TX
 
McCarley, James  Executive Director  (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition),  Dallas, TX
 
Pardue, Craig  Governmental Affairs  (Dallas County Commissioner Mike Cantrell),  Dallas, TX
 
Wageman, Paul  Chairman  (NTTA),  Plano, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Brooks, Jeff  Advocate  (Texas Public Interest Research Group),  Austin, TX
 
Coates, Susan  Executive Director  (South Texas Property Rights Association),  Falfurrias, TX
 
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn  Education Liaison  (Texas Eagle Forum),  Weatherford, TX
 
Hufford, Ron  Executive V.P.  (Texas Forestry Association),  Lufkin, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren  Associate Legislative Director  (Texas Farm Bureau),  Austin, TX
 
Sanger, Mary  Policy & Outreach  (Environmental Defense),  Austin, TX
 
Small, Ed  Attorney  (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
England, Charles V.  Mayor  (City of Grand Prarie),  Grand Prarie, TX
 
Noble, William  E.D.  (Texans for Safe Reliable Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Nowels, Michael  Councilman  (City of Lewisville),  Lewisville, TX
 
Payne, Brinton  Government Affairs Director  (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Ricketts, Terri  President  (McKinney Chamber of Commerce),  McKinney, TX
 
On:
 
Behrens, Mike  Executive Director  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Peters, Jayne  Councilmember  (City of Coppell, Carrollton, Lewisville, The Colony and Denton County),  Coppell, TX
 
Wilemon, Kathryn  Council Member  (City of Arlington),  Arlington, TX
SB  1795
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Bass, James  Director, Finance Division  (Texas Department of Transportation),  Austin, TX