WITNESS LIST
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
March 9, 2009 - 03:00 PM or upon adjournment
SB  252
 
FOR:
 
Reynolds, Harold L.   Small Business Owner  (Self),  Nocona, TX
 
Reynolds, Sandra   Business Owner  (Self),  Nocona, TX
 
Yohe, James A.   Nocona EDC Executive Director  (Nocona),  Nocona, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Chatham, Donna   Executive Director  (Association of Rural Communities in Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Engelke, Tommy   Executive Vice President  (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council),  Austin, TX
 
Gierisch, Bobby   Director, State Policy Programs  (Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)),  Austin, TX
 
Rudy, Vicky   City Administrator  (City of Rollingwood),  Rollingwood, TX
 
Turner, Bob   Consultant  (Pecos County Rural Transportation District),  Voss, TX
SB  684
 
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