WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 5, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Maisel, Gregory (Self; South Texas Military Facilities Task Force, Corpus Christi Chamber of
Commerce)
Martinez-Gouhier, Carine (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Messbarger, Dick (City of Kingsville)
Santellana, Stephen (City of Wichita Falls)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Against:
Belote, David (Self; Apex Clean Energy)
Clark, Jeffrey (The Wind Coalition)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Woodson, Patrick (E on climate and renewables)
On:
Branum, Mike (US Navy, Texas Commanders Council)
Lasher, Warren (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Manning, Matt (Sheppard AFB, US Air Force)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cross, Ginny (Self; United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Guzman, Joe (Self; South Texas Military Facilities Task Force)
Haralson, Michele (Self)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Barnett, Paula (BP)
Berlanga, Hugo (APEX WIND ENERGY)
Bertin, Suzanne (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
Carter, Janis (Avangrid)
Dickson, Andrew (Duke Energy)
Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Foster, David (Clean Water Action)
Jewell, Michael (Pattern Energy)
Jewell, Michael (Environmental Defense Fund)
Lewis, Ron (General Electric)
Mcclellan, Suzi (AES Generation)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Schools for Economic Development; Texas Rural Education
Association)
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Against:
Ratliff, Thomas (Tri-Global Energy)
Tutos, Vanessa (EDP Renewables North America)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Willette, Lynnae (EDF-RE)
Wright, Eric (EDPR)
Wright, Eric (Lincoln Clean Energy)
On:
Graf, Keith (Office of the Governor)
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)
Wood, Robert (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hayter, Russell (Self)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
For:
Lavine, Dick (Center for public policy priorities)
Against:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Against:
LeBas, James (AECT)
LeBas, James (TXOGA)
LeBas, James (Texas Cable Assoc, and Texas Assoc of Manufacturers)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kaplan, David (Self)
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers. Texas association of appraisal districts)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
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On:
Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Rooni, James (Texas a&m forest service)
For:
Henry, Michael (Self)
Turner, Tracy (Self)
Against:
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers. Texas association of appraisal districts)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Swinney, Kirk (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan,LLC)
Popp, James (Self)
Against:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan,LLC)
Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)
McElvaney, Jason (Harris County Appraisal District)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Popp, James (Self)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Tax Professionals)
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers. Texas association of appraisal districts)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson)
Against:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
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For:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)
Henry, Michael (Ryan, LLC)
LeBas, James (AECT)
McElvaney, Jason (Harris County Appraisal District)
Popp, James (Self)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Tax Professionals)
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers. Texas association of appraisal districts)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson)
For:
Glenn, Eric (City of Killeen)
Mitchell, David (Self; City of Harker Heights)
Robinson, Robert (Self; City of Harker Heights)
On:
Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haralson, Michele (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Fleming, Sharon (Texas HIstorical Commission)
Wolfe, Mark (Texas historical commission)
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For:
Daniel, Jeff (Broadway Across America)
Macferran, Fran (The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kroll, John (AEG Live)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Massingill, Gavin (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kroll, John (AEG Live)
Solis, Eddie (Dallas Cowboys)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
On:
Langenberg, Ray (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)
Kaplan, David (Self)
McElvaney, Jason (Harris County Appraisal District)
Popp, James (Self)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Tax Professionals)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson)
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