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John Whitmire: “There are 260,000 suspended investigations in Houston.”

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

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 14:17

In the middle of my second day and second month on the job, Chief Fenner, a friend who I announced was going to be the chief before the election, called me on a Friday afternoon in March. He had gone back east … There are 260,000 suspended investigations in Houston. … when you get back. He came to my house at my breakfast table at 7 o' clock Monday and said, It's 260,000. It's a hell of a lot of suspended cases getting back to spend. (14:17–14:27)

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