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John Whitmire: “I'm committed not to raise property taxes until we can…”

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

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire On Budget Shortfall, Infrastructure, Podcast & More

Published | Video Starts at 28:04

About 50 million. About 50 million. And we could have done it after Hurricane Barrel. The county certainly did it following the statute. I'm committed not to raise property taxes until we can demonstrate that we're using the monies that we currently have wisely. There's a lot of cynicism and I agree with citizens about how you're using their funding we still see waste, we see duplication, we see conflicts of interest. (28:04–28:14)

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Asserts commitment to not raise property taxes until current funds are used wisely.

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