The following people are members of the 2010 Bond Committee. Their purpose is to decide IF we need a bond, and supposedly what is included in the bond.

Anne Marie Barrios is a two time member of a bond committee having served on the last one. Evidently she performed admirably and is back. Her claim to fame is that she’s been a member of the Katy Area PTA Council which means she’s been the president of a PTA somewhere.

Mary Carroll Benson is a new participant, but her husband, Kyle, was on the 2006 Bond Committee, so I’m guessing the whole family would pass muster, and it doesn’t really matter which one of them serves.

Jack Black is also a new participant. I’m guessing he isn’t THE Jack Black, and with that name, it’s hard to find anything about him. Please let me know if you know why he’s on this committee.

Eric Bruchas is with Exxon Mobil Corporation. All board committees will always have an Exxon Mobil manager aboard. In case you forgot, Exxon Mobil is a member of the Business Roundtable, the group that helped foster the decline of public education through their “Restructured Education” initiative in the 1990’s when their members decided they needed a lot of dumbed down workers who would not want high wages. The government takes care of BRT companies (http://www.businessroundtable.org/about/members).

Robert Carpenter edits an underground construction magazine, but that has nothing to do with his acceptability on this committee. Mr. Carpenter, who had children in the fine arts program, helped deliver the votes to pass a previous bond that included building all the performing arts theaters (the bond wouldn’t have passed without his help.) The District has been grateful ever since, and he has been on two or three previous bond committees.

Susan Comensanas is a parent volunteer at Cinco Ranch High School and has served on bond committees before.

Jose Delgadillo was a member of the Leadership Katy ISD group that exists to curry favor from community residents about school matters. Mr. Delgadillo posted a perfect attendance record for that group in 2008.

Scott Doyle has also been a member of Leadership Katy ISD, but I couldn’t find that he had also posted a perfect attendance record. In a good move by the superintendent, he placed his wife, Anissa Frailey, in this same group. I’m sure she has a keen eye for detecting those who might support a bond referendum and was willing to pass along that information to her husband. He has a wife, Courtney, who will probably run for the school board down the road.

A. J. Duranni is a Democrat precinct worker and sent around an email notice of the Katy Democrat Party’s endorsement of Joe Adams and Rebecca Fox, who were running for the school board last spring. Mr. Duranni is also an unsuccessful Katy ISD school board candidate (two times). He also served on the 2006 Bond Committee.

Tim Fromm was a member of the 2006 Bond Committee. He is listed on the Internet as a swimming pool builder in Brookshire, Texas (http://www.zipperpages.com/find/Swimming-Pools-in/BrookshireTX.html).

Robert Garza was a member of the 2006 Bond Committee. He is a psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine.

Tommy Harrison is a dentist who practices in the Katy Area. He has been on four previous bond committees and often acts as the spokesman for the committee, a role he apparently enjoys. He’s also good at giving quotes to local newspapers to the effect that if we don’t pass the bond, bad things will happen to Katy students and schools. Dr. Harrison hasn’t always been so supportive of Katy public schools. Before he got involved with bond committees he, and his former dental partner Gary Garrison, sponsored a speaker on Education, Dr. Don Petry, who was the former President of CBN University (Christian Broadcasting Network), a Consultant to the International Christian Accrediting Association, and was on the program with speakers from Faith West Academy, Northwest Academy, Academy Hall, West Houston Home School Association and the Encourager Academy. The subject of the speech was “Are Private Schools An Alternative for Your Children?” Other sponsors included Mac Haik Chevrolet, Southern Vintage Homes by Hennessee, John Hamm Plumbing, Co., R. W. Rifley Residential Contractor, Dan Krock, C. P. A, G. Russell Edwards, M. D., Technical Laboratory Systems, Inc, John Cartwright, C. P. A.,Chapin’s Jewelers, Katy Vacuum, Sewing & Janitorial Supply, QUAD Transport, All Good Things, R. L. Miller Contractors, Rick Hammond, D. D. S, and Republic Management. A “Valu-Pak“ from the sponsors was provided to all the Attendees. (Source: advertisement in the Katy Times)

Tony Henny is in the custom home business. He is with O’Malley Homes which is developing a new subdivision, Westland, in Old Katy. Mr. Henny, upon my posting this list on a Chronicle blog, stated that I had old information. However, upon checking my sources, Mr. Henny’s name was on the O’Malley Homes’ web site until about June 10, 2010, so if it’s old information, Mr. Henny needs to talk to O’Malley Homes.

Greg Henry served on the 2006 bond committee. He is the President and CEO of XperNet Services, Inc. which is a computer networking services member, and he is a member of the Seven Lakes High School Athletic Booster Club.

Kathy Hooper has also been a member of the Leadership Katy ISD program and currently serves on the Board of the Seven Lakes PTSA with Ann Marie Barrios, a previously listed Bond Committee member.

Gary Jones will be serving on his fourth bond committee. He is the owner of Gary Jones ReMax Cinco Ranch Realty, and has been a contributor to the pro bond KIDS PAC in past bond referendums.

Jerry Kroll is a State Farm Insurance Company agent. He was once a Texas All State high school basketball player and friend of former Katy Superintendent Hugh Hayes. They were friends when they were both administrators in Spring Branch ISD. Mr. Kroll ran against me when I ran for my second term on the Katy school board, and I beat him heads-up 1,598 to 1,272. (That was in the days when the superintendent only had 1000 votes in his pocket instead of 2000.) Recall that State Farm is one of those Business Roundtable companies, so the more of their representatives that get involved, the better for the school district. Mr. Kroll is a perennial member of KISD committees.

Frank Lombard is the Vice President of the Katy Area Economic Development Council/Corporation. He served on the 2006 Bond Committee. The KAEDC seeks to improve business opportunities for its members. Go here to see who the members are:

http://www.katyedc.org/node/444 Among the members of the KAEDC governing board is Superintendent Alton Frailey.

Gus Lucas and his wife Jana were listed in a political newspaper advertisement endorsement for Katy School Board Member Chris Crockett. I guess that’s enough to get one on an important school board committee.

Vince McDermott Anyone know why he’s on this committee?

Wayne Meyer has served on two previous bond committees. He is the General Manager of the Firethorne Subdivision and is a member of the Katy Area Economic Development Council.

Jack Moller served on the 2006 Bond Committee. Mr. Moller is a retired physical education teacher, school administrator and principal from Florida who “retired to Katy to be near his daughter.”

Margaret Needham  - Exxon employee and manager

Kim Sheehan Anyone know why she’s on the committee?

Kathy Shelden is the Banking Center President at Prosperity Bank in the Cinco Ranch Banking Center.

Joseph D. Joe Simmons is the President of the Brazos Valley Teachers Credit Union. He served on the 2006 Bond committee.

Stephanie Unger is the president of the Wood Creek Junior High PTA. She has been a member of Leadership Katy ISD.

Terri Yanoviak is the current president of the Katy Council of PTA’s.

Tess Zimmerman is serving on her third bond committee. She has been an officer of the PTA and a member of the Katy Area PTA Council. She was also an unsuccessful Katy ISD School Board Candidate.

So much for diversity. So much for unbiased opinions. So much for doing what’s best for the students!

And where are the people who truly understand educational issues including curriculum, or anything at all about education? These buildings and projects that we MUST have are related to education, yes?

Anyone besides me think it’s unconscionable for those with a vested interest who stand to make mega bucks from the passage of this bond to serve on this committee? They should all look into the practice of recusal.

And guess which members of the committee still haven’t figured out why they’re REALLY there?

And where the Dickens are the Herzogs?