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John Whitmire: “We depend on the state of Texas for 110 million for public…”

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

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FULL INTERVIEW: Houston Mayor John Whitmire addresses fiery argument during City Council meeting

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

And you feel as if ultimately this needs to be. This needs to be reconsidered. For that reason. Public safety is my highest priority, and so is it. Houstonian. And We depend on the state of Texas for 110 million for public safety services. to fund HPD overtime, to have traffic enforcement, to protect against human trafficking. And we got FIFA coming up. Or how about next week, the fleet week. (00:26–00:32)

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Asserts that Houston relies on $110 million from the state for public safety.

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