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John Whitmire: “Previous administrations didn't deal with people from the…”

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

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Relationships that those mayors had individually with fire, police, with the public, with the legislature, with state leadership. You know, I have good working relationship with people across the aisle. Previous administrations didn't deal with people from the across the aisle. It's benefiting Houston that I can get on the phone and talk to a governor. And I don't agree with the governor on many things. He belongs to a different party from me. (04:53–04:59)

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Asserts that previous administrations did not engage with opposing political parties.

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