Texas Department of Agriculture
Public Comments Received Regarding This Report
Sunset Commission Meeting and Public Testimony was April 22, 2008

Name
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Organization
The Honorable Todd Staples, Commissioner Texas Department of Agriculture
Austin, Texas
Lindy W. Patton, Executive Director Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc.
Abilene, Texas
The Honorable Michael U. Villarreal, State Representative Texas House of Representatives, District 123
San Antonio, Texas
The Honorable Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, Texas
Teresa J. Spears, Director of Governmental Appointments Office of the Governor
Austin, Texas
Glenn Shankle, Executive Director Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Austin, Texas
Randy Braden, President St. Lawrence Cotton Growers Association
Garden City, Texas
Patricia Mouser, Chair
(Article referenced in response available upon request)
Texas Action for Healthy Kids
Midland, Texas
Dr. Webb Wallace, Executive Director Cotton and Grain Producers of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen, Texas
Michelle Smith, Chair
(Report referenced in response available upon request)
Partnership for a Healthy Texas
Austin, Texas
Veronica De La Garza, Advocacy Director American Diabetes Association, South Central Region
Austin, Texas
N/A Texas Association for School Nutrition
Austin, Texas
Julie Shields, Assistant Director of Governmental Relations Texas Association of School Boards
Austin, Texas
Dacota Haselwood, Executive Director Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association
Grapevine, Texas
Ray Prewett, President Texas Citrus Mutual
Mission, Texas
John Joines, Director Abilene ISD Child Nutrition Department
Abilene, Texas
Kirby Brown, Executive Vice President Texas Wildlife Association
San Antonio, Texas
Victor H. Gonzalez, M.D., Chair Texas Diabetes Council
Austin, Texas
Kirby Brown, Chairman
Texas Outdoor Partners
On behalf of numerous organizations
Jim Bergan, Ph.D., Director of Science and Stewardship The Nature Conservancy of Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Kirk Feuerbacher, Ranch Biologist McFadden Enterprises Ltd.
Victoria, Texas
Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Prescribed Burning Board Member & Assistant Professor
Carlton M. Britton, Professor & Former Prescribed Burning Board Member

Texas Tech University - Dept. of Natural Resources Management
Lubbock, Texas
Jeff McSpadden, Jr., Vice President Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association
Marble Falls, Texas
Dr. M.M.(Mort) Kothmann Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

Tommy D. Fondren, Landowner
(Sample ballot referenced in response available upon request)

Lorenzo, Texas
Jon Means, President Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Fort Worth, Texas
Dusty Bruns, President Hill Country Prescribed Burning Association
Kerrville, Texas
Al Lindig, Director Blanco Prescribed Burning Association
Johnson City, Texas
Tony Floerke, Director Blanco Prescribed Burning Association
Johnson City, Texas
Allen W. Ersch, President
Jim Kenton, Director

Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas

Jim Kenton, President Cross Timber Prescribed Burn Association
Jonesboro, Texas
Paul W. Dorsett, President Texas Aquaculture Association
Bryan, Texas

Allen W. Ersch, President
Steve Olfers, Gillespie County Fire Marshal
(and 8 other members of the association)

Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
George Cunningham Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Harper, Texas
Virginia L. Sawin Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
H. C. Olsen Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
J. Leonard Hilliard Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Stonewall, Texas
Christopher W. Rees Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Austin Oldham Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Charles G. Wilson Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Gene Richardson, Associate Director
Commodity Regulatory Activities
Texas Farm Bureau
Waco, Texas
Jonathan Baethge Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Amy Blair Red Buffalo, LLC
Medina, Texas