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John Whitmire: “My number one accomplishment is one making city hall look…”

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 59:41

The legislature from all revenue, you know, share that with city services, public safety. Yeah. But anyway, I'm excited. I run out of time, but boy, I've Got some good people in place. My number one accomplishment is one making city hall look like Houston. I got two Vietnamese directors that are smartest people in the building. My health director, Dr. Tran Von Tran, is my planning director. There were. There were no Asians at city hall. (59:41–59:47)

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Asserts that his top accomplishment is diversifying city hall to reflect Houston's demographics.

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