John Whitmire: “Bob Lanier, to deal with public safety, got $500 million in…”

“Saw how she handled her business, disagreed with her about how she worked with Fire and police, but, you know, that's history. But it's beneficial for the city of Houston for me to have learned from those experiences. Bob Lanier, to deal with public safety, got $500 million in 1993 from Metro for police overtime. Hmm. Made Houston safer. So I've learned from his working experiences. I follow on mayor Turner, who had a lot of different relationships over eight years.” (05:36–05:45)

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