WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 18, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Collins, Amanda (Self)
Dijkman, Christiana (Self; State Bar Animal Law Section)
Turner, Randall (Self; Animal Law Sectiom of the State Bar of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Ells, Gregory (Self)
Hightower, Susan (Self; State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section)
Jarl, Katie (The humane society of the united states)
Lee, Randy (Self)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
For:
Fugate, Sam (Mayor of kingsville)
Jones, Glenn (NAS Kingsville, TX)
Jones, Glenn (NAS Kingsville, TX)
Messbarger, Dick (Self; Texas Defense Aviation, Aerospace Alliance)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Against:
Clark, Jeffrey (The Wind Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McLaughlin, Captain Mark (U. S. Navy, Naval Air Station Kingsville)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Jewell, Michael (Environmental Defense Fund)
McKelvy, Clay (Public Citizen)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Wright, Eric (EDP Renewables)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
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On:
Nordloh, Chris (Dps)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bird, David (Gonzales county)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Theodosis, Byron (Self; San Saba County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Kim, Charlotte (Waller County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Rhoads, Orval (Waller County Engineer)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kitzman, Stan (Waller County Commissioner, Pct. 4)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Theodosis, Byron (Self; San Saba County)
For:
Kester, David (Harris County)
Kester, David (Harris county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Short, Jim (Harris County)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Jefferson, David (Tarrant County Public Health)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Beard, Amy (SouthWest Water Company)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Fisher, Jon (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas county)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Sesin, Raul (County of Hidalgo)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Jorge (County of Hidalgo)
For:
Tiffin, Rhonda (Self; Webb County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Calderon, Jorge (Webb County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Theodosis, Byron (Self; San Saba County)
For:
Nicholson, Jeff (Tarrant County Clerk's Office)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Mary Louise (Tarrant County Clerk Office)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
For:
Schweninger, Edward (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
For:
Barron, Chris (State firemens &fire marshals association)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Thompson, Rick (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Meraz, Gloria (Texas library association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association and Hartman Newspapers)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle, Dallas Morning
News)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atteberry, Shelly (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Conner, Katie (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Dollahan, Rick (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kirkpatrick, J R (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Oakley, James (Self)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Sesin, Raul (County of Hidalgo)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Jorge (County of Hidalgo)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Rice, Chuck (Texas Land Developers Association)
For:
Aston, Sonya (Harris County Clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
Watson, Jacqueline (Self; American Immigration Lawyers Association, Texas Chapter)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Dion, Edward (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Theodosis, Byron (Self; San Saba County)
Against:
Atteberry, Shelly (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Conner, Katie (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Cradduck, Nathan (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Dollahan, Rick (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Kirkpatrick, J R (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Martin, Phyllis (Texas Association of County Auditors)
Rice, Chuck (Texas Assoc. of Couty Auditors)
For:
Dion, Edward (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Rice, Chuck (Texas Association of County Auditors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atteberry, Shelly (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Conner, Katie (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Cradduck, Nathan (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
Dollahan, Rick (Self; Texas Association of County Auditors)
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For:
Kirkpatrick, J R (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Martin, Phyllis (Texas Association of County Auditors)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Beard, Amy (SouthWest Water Company)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (DSHS)
Kirsch, Lisa (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Kester, David (Harris County)
Kester, David (Harris County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Conner, Katie (Self; Texas association of county auditors)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
For:
Cohen, Howard (The Woodlands Road Utility District No. 1)
For:
Beaman, Frank (Jack county hospital district)
Spiller, David (Jack County Hospital District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Tobon-Stevens, Paula (Angleton-Danbury Hospital District)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Hefner, Cole (Self; Upshur County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Against:
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assocation)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justice of the peace and constables association of texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Pierce, Wayne (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Pool, Leslie (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bollinger, Paul (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
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