WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
April 13, 2011 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Ellmer, Mindy (Haven for Hope)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Henneberger, John (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference-Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Martin, Ken (Texas Homeless Network)
McDowell, Susan (Youth & Family Alliance, dba LifeWorks)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Caritas of Austin)
Against:
Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Campbell, Stuart (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (League of United Latin American Citizens LULAC Council 4860)
Borgelt, Roger (Travis County Republican Party Austinites for Action)
Fernandez Jr., Gavino (LULAC Dist. 12)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Overton, Roscoe (Blackland Neighborhood Assoc.)
Tafoya, Marcelo (LULAC State)
Vonwolske, James (Self; Engineer)
Against:
Cole, Council Member Sheryl (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chan, Roger (Self; Executive Coach/Public Affairs Consultant)
Smith, Claudia (Self; Executive Dir Human Rights)
For:
Rodriguez-Mendoza, Amalia (Self; District Clerk, Travis County)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
Valenzuela, Joe (City of Austin)
Against:
Cabrales, John (City of Denton)
For:
Smith, Clint (City of South Padre Island)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnett, Mike (Texas Association of Realtors)
Brown, Jay (Texas Association of Builders)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
For:
Legg, Rusty (Self; Self)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Ruszczak, Matt (Mission Chamber of Commerce City of Mission)
For:
Mumey, Rick (Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caynon, Jeff (Houston Professional Fire Fighters Assoc.)
Villarreal, Johnny (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341)
For:
McCuller, Ron (City of Grand Prairie)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grant, Kathy (Texas Society of Architects)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
O'Reilly, Melissa (PTP)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
For:
Caynon, Jeff (Houston Professional Fire Fighters Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Villarreal, Johnny (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341)
For:
Stretcher, Keith (City of Midland)
For:
Brown, Steve (Texas Library Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baumbach, Joyce (Self; Retired)
Sveinsson, Joan (Self; City of the Colony, Texas & The Colony Public Library Library
Director)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davenport, David (Canyon Regional Water Authority Hays-Caldwell Public Utility Agency)
Hines, Craig (Canyon Regional Water Authority)
Taylor, Mark (Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency)
Against:
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston and Houston Fire Dept.)
Stallings, Landon (City of Fort Worth)
Weldon, Chad (City of Denton)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daughtry, Joe (Texas Fireworks Assoc.)
Gardner, Benny (Texas Fireworks Association)
Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)
Isett, Carl (Texas Pyrotechnic Assn)
Pate, Johnnie (Self; JJ & P)
Against:
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
For:
Benton, Neil (Self; Myself)
Firmin, Grady (Self; Retired)
For:
Broadnax, T.C. (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Henneberger, John (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
For:
Caynon, Jeff (Houston Professional Fire Fighters Assoc.)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston and Houston Fire Dept.)
On:
Bateman, Char (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Johns, Stephanie (City of San Antonio)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Villarreal, Johnny (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341)
For:
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn.)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Villarreal, Johnny (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341)
On:
Warren, Sr., Gary (Tx. Commission on Fire Protection)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
For:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Summers, Steve (Wise Regional Health System)
Against:
Malone, MD, Bruce (Texas Medical Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Ruszczak, Matt (Mission Chamber of Commerce City of Mission, TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
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