Who's on Texas Monthly's Power List?
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The full story, by Nate Blakeslee, Paul Burka and Patti Hart, will be live on the Texas Monthly site at midnight. It appears in the magazine's forthcoming February 2011 issue. For now, here's the list in alphabetical order:
Al Armendariz, regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Butt of H-E-B
Alonzo Cantu, fundraiser
Dave Carney, Gov. Rick Perry's chief political consultant
Bill Hammond of the Texas Association of Business
Woody Hunt, chair of the Governor's Business Council
Buddy Jones of HillCo Partners
Rusty Kelley, lobbyist
Jay Kimbrough, "fixer" (that's how TM characterizes him)
Scott McCown of the Center for Public Policy Priorities
Bill Miller of HillCo Partners
Steve Mostyn, Democratic megadonor
State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan
State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston
Bob Perry, GOP megadonor
Gov. Rick Perry
State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie
Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas
Pat Robbins of the Associated Republicans of Texas
Brooke Rollins of the Texas Public Policy Foundation
R. Brint Ryan of Ryan and Co.
Tom Suehs, commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
Michael Quinn Sullivan of Empower Texans
Mike Toomey, lobbyist
Dick Trabulsi of Texas for Lawsuit Reform
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Evan Smith
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