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John Whitmire: “We settled with the firefighters for $650 million.”

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 12:54

I thought I was on city council for a minute yesterday. Yeah, yesterday was. Was a challenging day. It goes with the territory. So we had a tough negotiation. We settled with the firefighters for $650 million. It was fair to taxpayers, fair to the firefighters. It was critical because our recruiting was at an all time low. The morale was terrible. (12:54–12:59)

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