WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 22, 2021 - 10:00 AM
For:
Gilliam, Lance (Self; Waterman Steele Real Estate Advisors)
On:
Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Hoelscher, Deanna (Self; UTHealth School of Public Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyda, Mira (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and Research Association)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pedatric Society)
On:
Nickells, Colin (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Davis, Dan (Self)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Holleman, Will (Texas Association of School Boards)
Masterson, Drew (Self; Masterson Advisors LLC)
Patterson, David (Assessments of the Southwest, Inc.)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
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Against:
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of el paso)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Fortune, Andrew (City of Grand Prairie)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Jones, Neal t. (City of Arlington)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators, Fast Growth School Coalition)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Schlueter, Brad (City of Killeen)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and Research Association)
Davis, Dan (Self)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Masterson, Drew (Self; Masterson Advisors LLC)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Williams, Steve (City of Conroe)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greener, Jerome (Self)
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For:
Hartness (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Grassroots Gold)
Maness, Hunter (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Pohl, Sam (Self)
Whisenhunt, Wesley (Self; Grassroots Gold)
Against:
Acevedo, Julie (City of Round Rock)
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of el paso)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Embrey, Ty (City of Garland)
Fortune, Andrew (City of Grand Prairie)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)
Hale, Angela (City of mcKinney)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hurlbert, Heather (City of Corpus Christi)
May, Jennifer (City of Sugar Land)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of College Station)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of Coppell)
Schlueter, Brad (City of Killeen)
Schroeder, Josh (City of Georgetown)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Solis, Eddie (City of Frisco)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yelverton, Shana (City of Southlake)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Popp, James (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnell, Chris (Brusniak Turner Fine LLP)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Popp | Hutcheson, PLLC)
Grant, Stephen (American Campus Communities)
Graydon, Galt (Citizens for Appraisal Reform)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Retzloff, Scott (Ryan LLC)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)
Spataro, Susan (Self)
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Against:
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Womack, Daniel (Dow, Inc.)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Kroll, John (AEG, AXS Tickets)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parrish, Colin (Amazon)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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For:
Martinez, Carine (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and Research Association)
Kroll, John (HMWK)
LeBas, James (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)
Counihan, Will (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Jarl, Katie (Texas Pets Alive)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)
LeBas, James (Self)
Loney, Lauren (The Humane Society of the United States)
Shurtleff, Hilary (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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Against:
Norris, Robert (Self)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and Research Association)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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