WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 28, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
O'Connell, Ann (Comptrollers Office)
On:
Lomax, Bryant (Texas Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Lindsey, Andrew (Parent Teacher Association (Texas PTA))
On:
Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Covington, Kyle (Self)
McGraw, Alan (City of Round Rock)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assoc.)
Igo, Shanna (TX Municipal League)
Kurkul, Doug (Round Rock Chamber of Commerce)
Yawn, Nancy (City of Round Rock)
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (TX Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assoc.)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assoc)
For:
Lem, Lewis (City of Jourdanton, TX)
Nick, Daniel (Jourdanton - City of)
Pryor, Larry (City of Jourdanton)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (TX Municipal League)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn.)
For:
Adame, Joe (City of Corpus Christi, Texas)
Carr, Snapper (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Daravalle, Dominique (Comptrollers Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Keith (Corpus Christi CVB)
Igo, Shanna (TX Municipal League)
For:
Bercu, Steven (Self)
Burger, Gregg (Self)
Against:
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (Tech America))
Cobb, Kelly (Americans for Tax Reform)
Coleman-Wheeler, Jillian (Self)
Collins, Shawn (Self)
Deringer, Shellie (Self)
Hazard, Scott (Self)
Krewson, James (Self)
Rafferty, Steve (Self; ActiveProspect, INC.)
Rebecca, Madigan (Performance Marketing Associaton)
Russell, Ryan (Star Nine Ventures)
Schaaf, Brook (President, Performance Marketing Association)
Schaffer, Steve (Ventive, LLC)
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On:
Eliason, John (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Cutchen, Luke (Music Makers Austin)
Duhr, Kellie (Wal-Mart Stores, INC)
Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Johnson, William (The Neiman Marcus Group, INC.)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn.)
Kirsh, Allen (Musicmakers Austin)
Kruger, David (Self)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Raney, John (Self)
Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
Zakrzewski, Wayne (JCPenney Corp. INC)
Against:
Barber, Calvin (Self)
Burns, Louis (Self)
Clark, Daniel (Self)
Cummins, Anna (Self)
Daquila-Pardo, Janice (Self)
Favor, David (Self)
Gonzalez, David (Self)
Hughes, Lisa (Yahoo!)
Pardo, Matthew (Self)
Reese, Nicholas (Self)
Saenz, Luis (Amazon)
Weathers, Eric (Self)
Wurzel, Geoff (Tech Net)
HB 1317 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
Against:
Schaffer, Steve (Vertive, LLC)
For:
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk & Tax Assessor Collector)
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Against:
Cobb, Kelly (Americans for Tax Reform)
Ohlenforst, Cynthia (Travelocity)
Perkel, Jonathan (Travelocity.com LP)
Tooze, Colin (Expedia, Inc.)
On:
Wolens, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Cook, Ronald (Harris County-Houston Sports Authority City of Houston)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)
Igo, Shanna (TX Municipal League)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mancia, Fran (MuniServices, LLC)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
Wichman, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
Wolfe, Thomas (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Against:
Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
McIntosh, Suzanne (Strong Travel Service)
Singh-Allen, Bobbie (Independent Lodging Industry Association)
For:
Money, Brent (City of Greenville, Texas)
VanGundy, Colby (City of Greenville)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn)
For:
De Leon, Horacio (City of Laredo)
Fondren, Bentley (Self)
Against:
Petty, Benjamin (Taxfree Shopping, LTD)
On:
Sorgee, Richard (LBB)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Assoc.)
Lara, Roberto (4NService)
Against:
Breitinger, Michael (El Paso Central Business Assoc.)
Macias, David (Self)
Stromberg, Michael (Self)
Welsberg-Stewart, Monica (Texas Border Coalition)
On:
Hoyte, Don (Tax Free Texas)
For:
Needler, Russell (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mancia, Fran (Muniservices 301 Congress Ave Austin TX)
HB 2048 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
For:
Needler, Russell (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mancia, Fran (Muniservices)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk & Tax Assessor-Collector)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Raney, John (Self)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Zakrzweski, Wayne (JCPenney Corp INC)
On:
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (TechAmerica))
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Eliason, John (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bercu, Steven (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Burger, Gregg (Self)
Cutchen, Luke (Music Makers Austin)
Duhr, Kellie (Wal-Mart Stores, INC)
Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Johnson, William (The Neiman Marcus Group, INC)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Kirsh, Allen (Musicmakers Austin Austin, TX)
Kruger, David (Self)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)
Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)
Wolfe, Thomas (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Against:
Cobb, Kelly (Americans for Tax Reform)
Saenz, Luis (Amazon)
Wurzel, Geoff (TechNet)
On:
Madigan, Rebecca (Performance Marketing Association)
For:
Nettleton, Beau (Val Verde County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
For:
Fondren, Bentley (Self)
Petty, Benjamin (Taxfree Shopping, LTD.)
On:
Sorgee, Richard (LBB)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Breitinger, Michael (El Paso Central Business Association)
De Leon, Horacio (City of Laredo)
DeWall, Diana (Texas Tax Back, customs broker firm)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Lara, Roberto (4NService)
Macias, David (Self)
Stromberg, Michael (Self)
Weisberg-Stewart, Monica (Self; Texas Border Coalition)
On:
Hoyte, Don (Tax Free Shopping)
For:
Bianchi, Richard (Aransas County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging. Assn.)
Mills, Burt (Aransas Co.)
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