WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 10, 2017 - 10:00 AM
For:
Davis, Chester (Self; TEXAS PYROTECHNIC ASSOCIATION)
Martin, Randy (Self)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Soffes, Ray (Self; Tfa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Soffes, Amanda (Self)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
For:
Davis, Chester (Self; TEXAS PYROTECHNIC ASSOCIATION)
Martin, Randy (Self)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Soffes, Amanda (Self)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
Soffes, Ray (Self; Tfa)
For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
For:
Ewing, Steve (San Angelo Community Medical)
Gilbert, Don (Shannon medical center)
Wetz, Staci (Shannon Medical Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
On:
Vasquez, Andy (The Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
For:
Fox, Jay (Baylor scott and white health)
Long, Cynthia (Williamson County)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Robertson, Michelle (Seton Healthcare Family)
Wallschlaeger, Erich (Cedar Park Regional Medical Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
On:
Vasquez, Andy (The health and human services commission)
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Asoociation of Counties)
On:
Gaines, Sonja (Health and Human Services commission)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Winfield, Nakia (Self; Nasw tx)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (NAMI Texas)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
On:
Gaines, Sonja (The Health and Human Services Commission)
Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Roth, Steven (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
Teesi, Mark (Dallas County Indigent Care Corporation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Bernacchio, Michaela (Children's Health System of Texas)
Blizzad, Dan (Methodist Health System)
Gilbert, Don (Self)
Girard, Chuck (HCA - Hospital Corporation of America)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
On:
Vasquez, Andy (The health and human services commission)
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