WITNESS LIST
SB  684
Senate Committee Report
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
March  9, 2009 - 3:00 PM or upon adjournment
 
FOR:
 
 
Chatham, Donna  Executive Director  (Association of Rural Communities in Texas),  Austin, TX
 
 
Hunt, Lonnie  County Judge  (Houston County),  Crockett, TX
 
 
Klussmann, Wallace  Chair  (Office of Rural Community Affairs),  Fredericksburg, TX
 
 
Kroll, John  (HRWK, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
 
Stone, Charles  Executive Director  (Office of Rural Community Affairs),  Austin, TX
 
 
Yohe, James A.  Executive Director  (Nocona EDC, Nocona and Texas Downtown Association),  Nocona, TX
 
ON:
 
 
Arriaga, Gloria C.  Executive Director  (Alamo Area Council of Governments),  San Antonio, TX
 
 
Clary, Greg  Director  (Texas Center for Rural Entrepreneurship),  Tyler, TX
 
 
Redington, Penny  Executive Director  (Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC)),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Canales, Ramiro  Assistant Executive Director, Governmental Relations  (Texas Association of School Administrators),  Austin, TX
 
 
Dunham, D.C.  Executive Director  (Bay City Community Development Corporation),  Bay City, TX
 
 
Engelke, Tommy  Executive Vice President  (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council),  Austin, TX
 
 
Garza, Norman  Associate Legislative Director  (Texas Farm Bureau),  Austin, TX
 
 
Guerra, Aurelio  Interim County Judge  (Willacy County),  Raymondville, TX
 
 
Longoria, Ruben  Assistant Director of Government Relations  (Texas Association of School Boards),  Austin, TX
 
 
Power, David  Deputy Director  (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
 
Ratliff, Shannon  (Corporation for Texas Regionalism),  Rollingwood, TX
 
 
Reynolds, Harold  Business Owner  (Self),  Nocona, TX
 
 
Reynolds, Sandra  Business Owner  (Self),  Nocona, TX
 
 
Rudy, Vicky  City Administrator  (City of Rollingwood),  Rollingwood, TX
 
 
Schwab, Carlton  President/CEO  (Texas Economic Development Council),  Austin, TX
 
 
Turner, Bob  Consultant  (Pecos County Rural Rail Transportation District),  Voss, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
 
Gierisch, Bobby  Director, State Policy Programs  (Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)),  Austin, TX
 
 
Lively, Lance  Legislative Director  (National Federation of Independent Business - Texas),  Austin, TX