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Greg Casar: “I had and fought against real concerns about Oracle on East…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

Judy Maggio talks with City Council Member Greg Casar

Published June 13, 2019 | Video Starts at 16:15

Otherwise we are going to continue seeing the displacement that we see and the transportation. Oh, go ahead. Yeah. But I think the concern there is for me, you know, I had and fought against real concerns about Oracle on East Riverside where they displaced a low income housing complex. And I don't think that was good, that was bad for them to do that. And I have really similar concerns on East Riverside on this proposed project. (16:15–16:23)

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