WITNESS LIST
Transportation Committee
March 30, 2011 - 8:00 AM
For:
Harris, Jeffrey (Weslaco ISD)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Against:
Barlow, Diane (Texas Cable Association)
On:
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Jerry (Webb County Commissioners Court)
Against:
McMillan, Ron (Time Warner Cable)
Peterson, Michael (AT&T)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Against:
Schwent, Don (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
On:
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Perkins, Vicki (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital)
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Clark, James (Hertz)
Yarbrough, Brian (ALAMO and National Rental Car Brands)
For:
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Self, Keith (Collin County)
Against:
Vandergriff, Victor (North Texas Tollway Authority)
On:
Jenkins, Clay (Dallas County)
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Mel (Self)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Eads, Andy (Denton Co. Commissioners Court)
Franke, Rob (City of Cedar Hill)
Horn, Mary (Denton County Commissioners Court)
Marchant, Ron (Denton County)
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Ft. Worth)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
For:
Leininger, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Russell, Shawna (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
Schulze, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
For:
Plesko, Todd (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Russell, Shawna (Ft Worth Transportation Authority)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
For:
Ortega, Steve (City of El Paso)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cassidy, Brian (Camino Real RMA)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston County Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
Russell, Shawna (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
Sturzl, Frank (City of North Richland Hills, TX)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls.com)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Horsley, Paul (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Cowan, Howard (Texas Surety Federation)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)
Against:
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Dickinson, Pam (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Franke, Rob (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Stopfer, Rick (Irving City Council)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Santoscoy, Roy (City of Irving / Council)
Scott, Rider (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
Wallace, Chris (Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Gov.)
Horsley, Paul (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self; TURF, Libertarians)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Shive, James (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Leininger, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Schulze, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Against:
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Leininger, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Schulze, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Shields, Chris (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
For:
DeLong, Gregory (Houston Ship Channel Security District)
On:
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association (and) Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Cabrales, John (City of Denton)
Eads, Andy (Denton County)
Emery, Charles (Denton County Transportation Authority)
Franke, Rob (Chair, Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Scott, Rider (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Horsley, Paul (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Ingle, Priscilla (VIA Metropolitan Transit 800 W. Myrtle SAT 78212)
On:
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bui, Tina (Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
Leininger, David (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Russell, Shawna (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne)
Against:
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association (and) Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
For:
Saathoff, Phyllis (Port Freeport & Texas Ports Assoc.)
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston County Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
McEwan, Jennifer (Gulf Coast Regional Mobility Partners)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Gov.)
May, Vincent (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Shive, James (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Against:
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Young, Craig (Self)
On:
Barton, John (TxDOT)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn.)
Miller, Chris (The Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Marchant, Ron (Denton County Commissioners Court)
For:
Austin III, Jeff (Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Authority)
Cassidy, Brian (Alamo RMA; Cameron County RMA; Camino Real RMA; Central Texas
RMA; Grayson County RMA; North East Texas RMA)
Heiligenstein, Mike (Central TX RMA)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMCo))
Brechtel, Terry (Alamo RMA)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Griebel, Tom (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
McDonald, Nancy (The Real Estate Councils of Texas and The Real Estate Council of Austin)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Shields, Chris (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Jason (Harris County, TX)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Gov.)
Horsley, Paul (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
9
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Young, Craig (Self)
For:
Eriksson, Erik (Port of Houston Authority; Texas Ports Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Eugene, Darrick (Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves)
Saathoff, Phyllis (Port Freeport & Texas Ports Association)
Sizemore, Mike (Port of Victoria)
For:
Eriksson, Erik (Port of Houston Authority; Texas Ports Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eugene, Darrick (Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves)
Saathoff, Phyllis (Port Freeport & Texas Ports Association)
Sizemore, Mike (Port of Victoria)
For:
Outen, Ronald (Aransas County Navigation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Tx)
For:
Gordy, Duane (Cherokee Development)
Stagner, Steve (Texas Council of Engineering Companies)
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
10
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Horsley, Paul (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Shive, James (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Young, Craig (Self)
For:
Pinkerton, Robert Jr (City of So Padre Isand, Tx)
On:
Palmer, David (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Norman (Tx Farm Bureau)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
Turner, Bob (Tex Poultry Federation, Tex Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
Against:
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
For:
Eads, Andy (Denton County Commissioners Court)
Emery, Charles (Denton County Transportation Authority)
Franke, Rob (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Horn, Mary (Denton County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
11
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Cabrales, John (City of Denton)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Scott, Rider (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Suhm, Vic (Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
May, Vincent (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Shive, James (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty. Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
12
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Shive, James (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston County Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
13
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
James, Shive (Self)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Smith, Claudia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Pinkerton, Robert Jr (City South Padre Island)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston County Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Newman, Marceline (Self)
Pinkerton, Robert Jr (City of South Padre Island)
Wood, John (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston County Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Garcia, David (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
Sepulveda, Pedro (Cameron County RMA)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Dossey, Pat (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Medina, Hector (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
For:
Fernandez, Blakely (Hildalgo County Regional Mobility Authority)
Against:
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Galveston Cty Tea Party)
Morris, Celeste (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bushell, Gary (Alliance For I-69 Texas)
Against:
Anderson, Mary (Self; Texans Against Tolls)
Borel, Mel (Self)
Burton, Bruce (Texans Against Tolls)
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Davis, Thomas (Self)
Dickinson, Pamela (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Morrow, Robert (Self)
Peterson, Randall (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
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