WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
April 14, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Moreno, Randy (Austin Firefighters Association)
Against:
Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Delanghe, Wayne (Self)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Oberhoff, Butch (Acadian Ambulance)
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Wait, Dudley (Texas EMS Alliance)
Against:
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Comoensation)
Against:
Mueller, Laura (Texas municipal league)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Delanghe, Wayne (Self)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Moreno, Randy (Austin Firefighters Association)
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Against:
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Linder, Nelson (Self; Austin Branch of the NAACP-TX)
Moore, Leonard (Self)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers'Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Jackson, Guy Robert (Self; Galveston Bay Foundation)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Geiger, Carol (Self; Public Citizen)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Mueller, Laura (Texas municipal league)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Walker, Kwame (The City of Dallas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Against:
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Kennard, Karen (City of Austin)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Mueller, Laura (Texas municipal league)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Fite, Robert (Grand Prairie Fire Dept)
Howard, Curtis (The Plano Police Department)
Stroman, Brent (City of Waco)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Carrillo, Joe (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Against:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn.)
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Dye, Steve (Grand Prairie Police Dept)
Mueller, Laura (Texas municipal league)
For:
Torres, Rafael (Texas state asociation of Fire Fighters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn.)
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
For:
Torres, Rafael (Texas state asociation of Fire Fighters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Newport, Jomathan (Houston First Corporation)
Against:
Branum, Mary (Self; Short Term Rental Owners Association of Galveston)
Shepherd, Carl (HomeAway, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Drenner, Julie (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Self)
Wright, Eric (Travel Tech)
For:
German, Mary (Arlington CVB)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Lander, Robert (Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Clamp, John (San Antonio Hotel Association)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Hrncir, John (City of Austin)
Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)
For:
Leo, Januari (Legacy Community Health)
Norris, Bryan (Self; San Antonio Professional Firefighters Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Delanghe, Wayne (Self; San antonio firefighters local 624)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Monestier, Chris (Self; San Antonio Fire Department)
Moreno, Randy (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Slanger, Robert (Self)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Wedige, Carl (Self; San Antonio Fire Dept)
Welsh, Dinah (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Against:
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Felkner, Marilyn (Department of State Health Services)
For:
White, Alvin (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Vargas, Cynthia (City of Houston fire department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
For:
Martinez, Mike (Austin Firefighters Association)
Moreno, Randy (Austin Firefighters Association)
Smith, Eleesha (Self)
Vires, Rob (Self)
Against:
Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Delanghe, Wayne (Self)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Riggs, David (Garland Fire Fighters Association)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Against:
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Moreno, Randy (Austin Firefighters Association)
Against:
Conrad, William (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Delanghe, Wayne (Self)
Martinez, Mike (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bookstaff, Howard (Self; Texas Apartment Association)
Garcia, Michael (Self)
Hunt, Stacy (Self; Greystar Real Estate Partners)
Johnson, Gregory (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Ross, Marc (Self)
Thompson, Bob (Self)
Against:
Duncan, Charlie (Texans for Housing Choice)
Hale, Kimberly (Self; Adapt of Texas)
Headrick, Isabelle (Self; Accessible Housing Austin)
Henneberger, John (Self; Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
Howard, Ann (Ending Community Homelessness Coalition)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Martin, Ken (Texas Homeless Network)
Paup, Karen (Self; Texans for Housing Choice)
Salovitz, Heiwa (Adapt of texas)
Sloan, Madison (Texas Appleseed)
Spencer, Elizabeth (City of Austin)
Tovo, Mayor Pro Tem Kathy (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Demetria (Self; Capstone Management)
Apodaca, Maria (Self; Austin apartment association)
Arrona, Kristan (Austin apartment association)
Bailey, LaShawn (Self; AAA)
Barraza, Ruben (Self; AAA)
Cislo, Justin (Alliance Residential Company)
Diaz, Adriana (Self)
Forbes, Michelle (Self; AAA)
Frazza, Giovanna (Alliance Residential)
Garza, DeAnne (Self; Capstone Real Estate Services)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Asscoaition of REALTORS)
Guerrera, Eloy (Self; Capstone Management)
Kamka, Monica (Self; Atlantic Pacific Management)
Kellams, Shandy (Self; Alliance Residential Company)
Long, Wade (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Lytle, Katie (Self; Stonegate Apartments-Alliance Residential)
Mohler, Keri (Self; Austin apartment association)
Mooney, Sharon (Self; Austin Apartment Association)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Navarro, Rhonda (Self; Austin Apartment Association)
Osmeyer, David (Self; Austin apartment association)
Park, Stephani (Austin Apartment Association)
Raybel, Raymundo (Self; Capstone)
Roland, William (Self; Austin Apartment Association)
Saez, Stephanie (Self)
Sanchez, Christy (Austin apartment association)
Torres, Eric (Atlantic Pacific Management)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Biedrzycki, Carol (Self)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Freddie (Self; Adapt)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)
Holmes, Anna (City of Dallas)
Johnston, Sherry (Self; Grade)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Litzinger, Amy (Self)
Lopez, Renee (Self; Adapt of texas)
Martinez, Mike (Self)
McPhail, Jennifer (Self; ADAPT)
Mueller, Laura (Texas municipal league)
Patterson, Dr. Jeff (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Peterson, Mack (Self)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self; Caritas of austin and texas homeless network)
Richie, Carl (Housing Authority of the City of Austin)
Rodgers, Kelly (SafePlace, a domestic and sexual violence organization in Austin)
Saenz, Danny (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Stark, Katherine (Self)
Stark, Katherine (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Teich, Ann (Self)
Valdez, Debby Salinas (Self)
On:
Spencer, Betsy (City of Austin)
For:
White, Alvin (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
West, Rodney (City of Houston- Fire Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
For:
White, Alvin (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Against:
Vargas, Cynthia (City of Houston fire department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Villareal, Johnny (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)
For:
Spugnardi, Janet (City of Irving)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Giedraitis, Cindy (Self; National Fire Sprinkler Association)
Page, Justina (Self; Common Voices Advocate)
Wedige, Carl (City of San Antonio Fire Dept)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
On:
Cardiel, Andy (City of Corpus Christi Fire Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Delanghe, Wayne (Self)
For:
Dittman, Jerry (City of Mesquite)
For:
Bouloubssid, John (Texas taxi)
Breedlove, William (City of Corpus Christi)
Kargbo, Ed (Yellow Cab)
Against:
Crain, Michael (Uber Technologies)
Mims, April (Lyft)
On:
Salovitz, Heiwa (Adapt of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennard, Karen (City of Austin)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)
Against:
Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Jackson, Guy Robert (Self)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
For:
Briones, Francisco (Self; Willacy County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Dorsey, Cameron (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)
For:
Cassidy, Thomas (Self)
Flores, Criselda (Self)
Lamkin, David (Self)
Pluchinsky, Kathleen (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Benedict, Kyle (Self; Central texas aquatics association)
Favaro, Constance (Self; Tppc)
On:
Burwell, Christianna (YMCA of Austin)
Moore, Kathleen (Department of State Health Services)
Pineda, Anthony (Self; Gulf Coast Aquatic Association)
Stadler, Sara (Self; Texas Public Pool Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawkins, Loretta (Self)
Klein, Melinda (Self)
Suez, Leslie (Self)
Against:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Goodman, Christie (Six Flags)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wiles, Richard (Self; El paso county sheriffs office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Against:
Brown, Kathryn (Bexar county deputy association)
Contreras, Juan (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
Daggett, Anthony (Deputy sheriffs association of bexar county)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Leal, Ben (Sheriffs employee organization of harris county)
Marrufo, Jose (El Paso County Sheriff's Officers Association)
Marrufo, Jose (Self; El Paso County Sheriffs Officers Association)
Martin, Edward (Jefferson county association of Deputy Sheriffs and Corrections Officers)
Ryals, Marvin (El paso sheriffs association)
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County)
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Smolka, Doug (San Antonio Building Trades)
Wedige, Carl (City of San Antonio Fire Dept)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
On:
Lockerman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance, State Fire Marshal's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Lawrence, Kevin (TMPA)
Martinez, Mike (Self)
Against:
Brown, Kathryn (Bexar county deputy association)
Carrillo, Joe (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Contreras, Juan (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
Daggett, Anthony (Deputy sheriffs association of bexar county)
Gonzales, Jose (Nueces County Sheriff Officer's Association)
Hardin, Bobby (Self; Tarrant County Law Enforcement Association)
Harrison, Todd (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Hodge, James (Travis County Sheriff Officer's Association)
Leal, Ben (Sheriffs employee organization of harris county)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Leeton, Scott (Corpus Christi Police Officers Association)
Leos, Victor (Cameron County Sheriff Deputies Association)
Long, Matt (Self)
Marrufo, Jose (El Paso County Sheriff's Officers Association)
Martin, Edward (Jefferson county association of Deputy Sheriffs and Corrections Officers)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ryals, Marvin (El paso sheriffs association)
Shipley, Greg (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Smith, Elizabeth (Self; Travis county sheriff's officer's association)
Tijerina, Don (Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)
Wiles, Richard (Self; El paso county sheriffs office)
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