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
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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.

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