October 4, 2007. Vol. 1, No. 6.
T is for ‘Taking’:
Did Texas Sell T. Boone Pickens Powers of Eminent Domain?
Appendix:
Table 1: Pickens Floods the Lobby
Year |
Min. Value of Contracts |
Max. Value of Contracts |
No. of Contracts |
2001 |
$60,000 |
$135,000 |
3 |
2002 |
$200,000 |
$310,000 |
3 |
2003 |
$150,000 |
$280,000 |
5 |
2004 |
$100,000 |
$150,000 |
1 |
2005 |
$700,000 |
$950,000 |
9 |
2006 |
$495,000 |
$750,000 |
7 |
2007 |
$700,000 |
$1,050,001 |
10 |
TOTAL: |
$2,405,000 |
$3,625,001 |
38 |
Table 2: Pickens-Related Lobby Contracts, July 2007
| Client | Min. Value of Contracts |
Max. Value of Contracts |
Lobbyist |
| Mesa Water | $200,000 |
$200,001 |
Monty G. Humble |
| Mesa Water | $150,000 |
$200,000 |
Joe Bill Watkins |
| Mesa Water | $100,000 |
$150,000 |
J.E. ‘Buster’ Brown |
| Mesa Water | $50,000 |
$100,000 |
Bill Jones |
| Mesa Water | $50,000 |
$100,000 |
John L. Howard, Jr. |
| Mesa Water | $50,000 |
$100,000 |
Molly J. Cagle |
| Mesa Water | $25,000 |
$50,000 |
Brian F. Feld |
| Mesa Water | $25,000 |
$50,000 |
Darrick W. Eugene |
| Mesa Water | $25,000 |
$50,000 |
Nora Del Bosque |
| Mesa Water | $25,000 |
$50,000 |
Jennifer E. Brown |
| Boone Pickens | $10,000 |
$25,000 |
Bill Jones |
| BP Capital LP | $0 |
$10,000 |
Glen A. Rosenbaum |
| BP Capital LP | $0 |
$10,000 |
Monty G. Humble |
| TOTAL | $710,000 |
$1,095,001 |
Table 3: Pickens’ State Political Contributions, 2006 Cycle
Pickens Total |
Recipient | Party |
Lobbyist |
$500,000 |
Texans For Lawsuit Reform | NA |
Promotes curtailing civil lawsuits |
$112,674 |
Greg Abbott | R |
Attorney General |
$100,000 |
David Dewhurst | R |
Lt. Governor |
$76,000 |
Republican Party of TX | R |
Party PAC |
$75,000 |
Rick Perry | R |
Governor |
$51,000 |
Jerry Patterson | R |
Land Commissioner |
$25,000 |
Associated Republicans of TX | R |
Pro-business Republicans |
$25,000 |
Elizabeth A. Jones | R |
Railroad Commission |
$25,000 |
TX Opportunity PAC | R |
Backed Craddick’s GOP loyalists |
$20,000 |
Susan Combs | R |
Comptroller |
$10,000 |
Mex.-Am. Legislative Caucus | NA |
Promotes House Hispanic agenda |
$10,000 |
Wallace Jefferson | R |
Supreme Court |
$7,674 |
Tom Craddick | R |
House-82 |
$6,000 |
Florence Shapiro | R |
Senate-8 |
$5,000 |
Kip Averitt | R |
Senate-22 |
$5,000 |
Ben Bentzin | R |
House-48 |
$5,000 |
Kim Brimer | R |
Senate-10 |
$5,000 |
John Carona | R |
Senate-16 |
$5,000 |
Bob Deuell | R |
Senate-2 |
$5,000 |
Kevin P. Eltife | R |
Senate-1 |
$5,000 |
†Craig Estes | R |
Senate-30 |
$5,000 |
Peggy Hamric | R |
Senate-7 |
$5,000 |
†'Mike' Jackson | R |
Senate-11 |
$5,000 |
Phil Johnson | R |
Supreme Court |
$5,000 |
†Frank Madla | D |
Senate-19 |
$5,000 |
☼Jane Nelson | R |
Senate-12 |
$5,000 |
Steve Ogden | R |
Senate-5 |
$5,000 |
Don Willett | R |
Supreme Court |
$4,000 |
John Davis | R |
House-129 |
$3,000 |
John Whitmire | D |
Senate-15 |
$2,500 |
Dan Branch | R |
House-108 |
$2,500 |
Glenn Hegar | R |
Senate-18 |
$2,500 |
†Juan Hinojosa | D |
Senate-20 |
$2,500 |
☼Eddie Lucio Jr. | D |
Senate-27 |
$2,500 |
Robert Nichols | R |
Senate-3 |
$2,500 |
TX Conservative Coalition | NA |
Promotes conservative agenda |
$2,500 |
Royce West | D |
Senate-23 |
$2,500 |
Michael Williams | R |
Railroad Commission |
$2,000 |
*Charlie Geren | R |
House-99 |
$2,000 |
Chris Harris | R |
Senate-9 |
$2,000 |
Sid Miller | R |
House-59 |
$2,000 |
Jim Pitts | R |
House-10 |
$2,000 |
†Robert Puente | D |
House-119 |
$2,000 |
☼Beverley Woolley | R |
House-136 |
$1,500 |
*Dennis Bonnen | R |
House-25 |
$1,500 |
*Bill Callegari | R |
House-132 |
$1,500 |
Dallas Co. Republican Party | R |
Party PAC |
$1,500 |
☼Kyle Janek | R |
Senate-17 |
$1,500 |
Kirk Watson | D |
Senate-14 |
$1,500 |
☼Tommy Williams | R |
Senate-4 |
$1,000 |
Roy Blake | R |
House-9 |
$1,000 |
Warren Chisum | R |
House-88 |
$1,000 |
Robby Cook | D |
House-17 |
$1,000 |
☼Frank Corte | R |
House-122 |
$1,000 |
Dianne Delisi | R |
House-55 |
$1,000 |
Rob Eissler | R |
House-15 |
$1,000 |
Rodney Ellis | D |
Senate-13 |
$1,000 |
Mario Gallegos | D |
Senate-6 |
$1,000 |
Dan Gattis | R |
House-20 |
$1,000 |
Tony Goolsby | R |
House-102 |
$1,000 |
Kent Grusendorf | R |
House-94 |
$1,000 |
*Rick Hardcastle | R |
House-68 |
$1,000 |
†Harvey Hilderban | R |
House-53 |
$1,000 |
Bryan Hughes | R |
House-5 |
$1,000 |
James Keffer | R |
House-60 |
$1,000 |
Lois Kolkhorst | R |
House-13 |
$1,000 |
Mike Krusee | R |
House-52 |
$1,000 |
Edmund Kuempel | R |
House-44 |
$1,000 |
Brian McCall | R |
House-66 |
$1,000 |
Geanie Morrison | R |
House-30 |
$1,000 |
Joe Nixon | R |
Senate-7 |
$1,000 |
Rob Orr | R |
House-58 |
$1,000 |
John Otto | R |
House-18 |
$1,000 |
Dan Patrick | R |
Senate-7 |
$1,000 |
Allan Ritter | D |
House-21 |
$1,000 |
Patrick Rose | D |
House-45 |
$1,000 |
Gene Seaman | R |
House-32 |
$1,000 |
Eliot Shapleigh | D |
Senate-29 |
$1,000 |
Wayne Smith | R |
House-128 |
$1,000 |
Burt Solomons | R |
House-65 |
$1,000 |
Carlos Uresti | D |
Senate-19 |
$1,000 |
Corbin Van Arsdale | R |
House-130 |
$1,000 |
Leticia Van De Putte | D |
Senate-26 |
$1,000 |
Jeff Wentworth | R |
Senate-25 |
$1,000 |
Martha Wong | R |
House-134 |
$1,000 |
Judith Zaffirini | D |
Senate-21 |
$500 |
Leo Berman | R |
House-6 |
$500 |
Betty Brown | R |
House-4 |
$500 |
Carter Casteel | R |
House-73 |
$500 |
Norma Chavez | D |
House-76 |
$500 |
Joe Crabb | R |
House-127 |
$500 |
Dan Flynn | R |
House-127 |
$500 |
Helen Giddings | D |
House-109 |
$500 |
Patrick Haggerty | R |
House-78 |
$500 |
Fred Hill | R |
House-112 |
$500 |
Tracy King | D |
House-80 |
$500 |
Eddie Lucio III | D |
House-38 |
$500 |
Tommy Merritt | R |
House-7 |
$500 |
Dora Olivo | D |
House-27 |
$500 |
Larry Phillips | R |
House-62 |
$500 |
Joe Pickett | D |
House-79 |
$500 |
‘Chente’ Quintanilla | D |
House-75 |
$500 |
Elvira Reyna | R |
House-101 |
$500 |
Vicki Truitt | R |
House-98 |
$1,206,348 |
TOTAL |
☼Sat on a 2005-2006 interim committee on eminent-domain abuse.
†Sat on Natural Resources Committee in 2005 and 2007.
*Sat on Natural Resources Committee in 2007.
Some will rob you with a fountain pen. - Woody Guthrie
Watch Your Assets is a Texans for Public Justice project.Lauren Reinlie, Project Director.