WITNESS LIST
General Investigating & Ethics Committee
April 9, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fischer, Ross (Self)
On:
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Gullahorn, Jack (Self; Professional advocacy association of texas)
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity - Texas)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
For:
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Against:
Freeman, Karen (Northside ISD and TASB)
Gullahorn, Jack (Self; Professional advocacy association of texas)
Jones, Patti (Lubbock County)
Martinez, Nelda (City of Corpus Vhristi and President of the Texas Municpal League)
Underwood, Byron (Self)
Whitley, Glen (Self; Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF & Texans for Toll-free Highways)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
Allred, Don (Oldham County and The Texas Association of Counties)
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Farrel, Darrek (City of Mckinney)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Howden, Robert (The City of the Colony, Texas)
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Against:
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kennard, Karen (City of Austin)
Kiel, Teresa (Self; County and District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Ricardo (Self; City of Sugar Land)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Simpson, Floyd (City of Corpus Christi Police Department)
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Walterscheidt, Beth (Self; Elgin ISD, TASB;TACS)
For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Panju, A. (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Terry, Mark (Self)
For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Terry, Mark (Self)
On:
Pigott, Ron (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
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For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Kohler, Rob (Christian life commission of the baptist general convention of texas)
Against:
Norcross, Rob (Consumer service alliance of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biedrzycki, Elizabeth (Christian Life Commissin)
Colley, Terry (Self; Christian Life Commission)
Cortes, Gabriel (Self; Texas Baptists)
Dennis, Brady (Self)
Evans, Michael (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Hampton, LeAnn (Self)
Hendricks, Rachel (Self; Christian Life Commission)
Kimble, Roy (Self; Texas baptits christiaan life commission)
Kirk, Brenda (Self; Texas Baptist)
Litzler, John (Self; Christian Life Commission)
Litzler, Stefanie (Self)
Lowrie, Kalie (Self; Christian Life Commission)
Meriwether, Lester (Self; Christian Life Commission)
Munoz, Rafael (Self)
Parker, Jr., Joseph C. (Self; Christin Life Commission)
Rodriguez, Moises (Self)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Stookey, Stephen (Self; Texas Baptists)
Strickland, Carolyn (Self; Christian Life Commission for Texas Baptists)
Wear, Linda (Self)
Zayasbazan, Jorge (Christian life commission)
Against:
Vernon, Stephan (Self; Texas Baptists)
On:
Havel, Pete (North Texas Tollway Authority)
For:
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Against:
Freeman, Karen (Northside ISD and TASB)
Gullahorn, Jack (Self; Professional advocacy association of texas)
Walterscheidt, Beth (Self; Elgin ISD, TASB, TACS)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jagger, Todd (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
Against:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
On:
Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (as resource witness))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Jagger, Todd (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
On:
Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (as resource witness))
For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
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For:
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
For:
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hadden, Karen (Self)
Jagger, Todd (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self; Anti-Corruption Campaign)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, inc)
Wally, Liz (Self; Clean elections texas)
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