John Whitmire: “The voters approved the 3.5% revenue cap.”

“How many options does the city of Houston have for revenue enhancement? Because we're pretty limited by the state of Texas and The voters approved the 3.5% revenue cap. Now, when they put a state four and a half percent. The original bill had Houston treated fairly and would go up to 4.5%.” (21:23–21:27)

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