WITNESS LIST
Economic & Small Business Development Committee
April 7, 2011 - 8:00 AM
Against:
Blackwood, Susan (San Antonio Sports)
Davis, Ed (City of San Antonio)
Hoyte, Don (Self)
Sawaya, Michael (City of San Antonio)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Against:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
Shields, Chris (City of San Antonio, San Antonio Sports)
For:
Buergermeister, Jennifer (Texas Yoga Association)
Darby, Nydia (Nydia's Yoga Therapy Studio, San Antonio Texas Yoga Association, San
Antonio Yoga Studio Owners)
Phillips-Frishman, Christopher (Yoga Yoga)
Shields, Brad (Yoga Alliance)
On:
Goldstein, Richard (Yoga Yoga & Yoga Yoga Teacher Training, LLC)
Shorter, Stephanie (Yoga Care Foundation)
Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Broaddus, Jeffrey (Broaddus & Associates)
Lindsay, Richard (Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc)
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, Texans for Accountable Govt., Galveston County Tea Party, We
Texans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burdett, Jeff (Texas Cable Assoc.)
Calcote, ML (Real Estate Councils of Texas)
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For:
Dickie, Martha (Austin Bar Assoc Courthouse Committee)
Dietz, Mary (Self; Austin Bar Ass'n)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)
Golden, Michael (Self; Austin Young Lawyers Association)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Noelke, Lea (Austin Bar Association)
Sewell, Jim (Gallagher Construction)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corp.)
Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association, Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
Turner, Frank (City of Plano)
Vaughn, Tom (Vaughn Construction)
Whitehurst, Bill (Self)
Whittlesey, David (Austin Bar Association)
Against:
Delgado, Rachel (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Mattax, David (Office of Attorney General)
For:
Culbertson, Mike (Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Patterson, T J. (City of Ft. Worth)
On:
Riley, Steve (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Bennett, Stephen (Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC)
Craver, Jeffrey (Advantage Capital Partners)
Mak, Simon (Self)
Moya, Steven (General LED)
Trybula, Walt (Self)
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Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Averitt, Kip (Scott & White Health Plan)
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Casselberry, Craig (Texas Coalition for Capital)
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (Tech America))
Crist, Scott (Texas Ventures)
Hinkle, Ron (Advantage Capital Partners)
Hinkle, Ron (Stonehenge Growth Capital)
Meroney, Mike (Accent Capital)
Prince, Gingee (Enhanced Capital Partners)
Rawie, Damon (Advantage Capital Partners)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
Smith, Arthur (Texas Coalition for Capital)
Valdez, Gary (F. Gary Valdez, Focus Strategies Investment Banking)
On:
Ballard, Paul (Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company)
Dwight, MariAnne (Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company)
For:
Kaiser, Christopher (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
On:
Riley, Steve (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
Patterson, T J (City of Ft. Worth)
Williams, Ann (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Against:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
For:
Lary, Trey (Community Redevelopment Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calderon, Bill (Self; City of Baytown ; City of Wolforth)
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
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For:
Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)
Richardson, Jody (Community Redevelopment Coalition)
Turner, Frank (City of Plano)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Vender, Logan (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Riley, Steve (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)
Against:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
For:
Maso, Maher (City of Frisco)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gandy, James (Frisco Economic Development Corporation)
For:
Knesek, Bill (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatham, Donna (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
On:
Beasley, Byron (Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casselberry, Craig (Texas Coalition for Capital)
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (Tech America))
Craver, Jeffrey (Advantage Capital Partners)
Crist, Scott (Texas Ventures)
Hinkle, Ron (Advantage Capital Partners)
Hinkle, Ron (Stonehenge Growth Capital)
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For:
Meroney, Mike (Accent Capital)
Moya, Steven (General LED)
Prince, Gingee (Enhanced Capital Partners)
Rawie, Damon (Advantage Capital Partners)
Valdez, Gary (Gary Valdez, Focus Strategies Investment Banking)
On:
Ballard, Paul (Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB)
Graham, Jonathan (City of Temple)
Jones, William (City of Temple)
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