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John Whitmire: “AT&T just left downtown Dallas. But they're going to North…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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Mayor John Whitmire on Houston's Problems, Power & What Comes Next | SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS #13

Published | Video Starts at 50:40

The gentleman that held the rope at the finish line with me as their vice chairman, they just brought. Now they've got 6,500 employees in downtown Houston. Unheard of AT&T just left downtown Dallas. But they're going to North Texas. They're going to Denton. Now is attracted. So when you hear that Dallas is doing well, and they are, it's really their region. I'm, you know, partly our region is doing well, but also Houston is doing well. (50:40–50:46)

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Asserts that AT&T has moved from downtown Dallas to Denton, North Texas.

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