Whitmire wants to know the unintended consequences of the proposed agenda item. What could be an unintended consequence of the mayor’s settlement agreement?
City goes broke and the all employees will have to have their pay lowered.
The city will not have money for routine garbage and heavy trash pickup.
The city will not have money for routine maintenance on streets.
The city’s credit rating will be lowered so the cost of borrowing money will increase.
There were too many unanswered questions, but Whitmire wanted to know how the agenda item concerning speed cushions would affect other city services.
Whitmire may be trying to put the city in so much debt that the state will take it over. He is a buddy-buddy with top Republicans in the state—First HISD and then the City.
Whitmire appoints the committee members, so he has the ability to kill or stop
any agenda item that council members propose.
Since Whitmire has taken office, his administration has created a Proposition A Committee that serves as a platform to review proposals that members want to bring forward.
The city charter does not require a council member to go through the committee in order to add an item to the agenda, but a lack of council feedback on a Wednesday agenda item sparked a heated debate at City Hall about Proposition A and Whitmire’s committee structure.
Council Member Edward Pollard presented an ordinance change that would make it easier for council members to add speed bumps in their neighborhoods. The agenda item was cosigned by Council Members Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Fred Flickinger, Tarsha Jackson and Tiffany D. Thomas. Source
The ordinance in question and the changes are in red. If you are using a computer, the file will open. Otherwise, it will be a link.