It was a different world. Yeah. Kicking the can down the road. Kicking the can down the road. Sylvester balanced the budget using federal Covid funding, declaring that he had a surplus, which he did. I inherited these challenges and a lot of neglect. And also I was faced with a city that had largely been governed by spin one safe Houston. No, everyone knew this had. (14:34–14:41)
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Asserts that Sylvester used federal Covid funding to balance the budget and declared a surplus.
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