John Whitmire: “We had 1900 broken water mains. We're down to 400 now.”

“What frustrates you the most? That we don't have the resources to get things done, Mike. Infrastructure, streets, drainage. When I got elected, when I was sworn in, We had 1900 broken water mains. We're down to 400 now. And I solved the Jones Watson lawsuit, and that required us to spend another hundred million. We're going to spend 500 million on drainage and streets this year, most ever.” (41:10–41:16)

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