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Mattie Parker: “Most of our decision making policymaking should be and is at…”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker on resolving differences in local communities

Published | Video Starts at 00:15

And I think the operative word there is together and a willingness to be open to get things done. Well, I think obviously as a mayor of a large city, Most of our decision making policymaking should be and is at the local level. But I think there's this larger distrust in government in general in the country. And so because of that, locally you're seeing sort of an angst that transpires even in a city hall environment. (00:15–00:21)

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