Greg Abbott: “ATT made its decision [to move]...there were homeless…”

“What's needed, whether it be in downtown Dallas or elsewhere, we need cities that are going to work in collaboration with businesses and make it a hospitable place for those businesses to do business. As you probably know, in the Dallas area around where ATT made its decision [to move]...there were homeless problems, there were crime problems, there were safety issues that were never addressed sufficiently by local leaders in Dallas. And it led to the departure from Dallas downtown by AT&T. Know this, and this was true a month ago, probably still true today.” (14:56–15:35)

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