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Leah King: “The Corps has never left a project incomplete.”

Featuring: Leah King, Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors | Texas

Fort Worth Water District Board Candidate Forum with Andrew Brinker, Jonathan Killebrew, Leah King, and Skylar Brogden O'Neill

Published April 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:41

… business leaders to help us figure out how do we best make sure that we have the Army Corps finish what it started. The benefit that we have is that The Corps has never left a project incomplete. and this would not be the project that I would expect to be left incomplete. We would have not. Not. We wouldn't be 50% done, but we would have quite a bit already completed. (15:41–15:46)

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Asserts that the Army Corps of Engineers has a history of completing projects.

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