John Whitmire: “Metro was building things that special interests wanted.”

“I know I'm working as hard as. As a human being can, and I've got a team that's doing the same thing. Very, very capable people. Metro. Metro was building things that special interests wanted. I wanted to build things that people use. You know, the rapid transit on Post Oak is a classic example. Hundreds of millions of dollars never met estimated or projected ridership.” (40:34–40:40)

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