John Whitmire, it is the former administrations’ fault for not doing anything about them for years. Maybe the problems will be solved by the time I am gone.
Come on, Mayor Whitmire, you have been in office for 14 months; when are you going to take the blame for what you have failed to do?
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With more than 1,000 active water main leaks in the city, Houston Mayor John Whitmire says his office is aware of the problem and they are “on top of it.”
The mayor, who took office just over a year ago, said the leaks are a high priority for his office both because of the quality of life issue for Houstonians and the wasted water. He said there have been years of neglect to maintenance and repairs.
In November, Whitmire appointed Randy Macchi to lead Houston Public Works. He said he frequently calls the director personally to let him know about leaks. He said after his calls, they were fixed.
He said there are both too many leaks and not enough HPW employees to fix them.
“I’m convinced there are people in public works that are probably pencil pushers,” Whitmire said. “We need to get them out and fix these broken water mains. So it’s going to take time, but we’re going to do it.”
I sometimes think that John Whitmire is a Republican plant who was placed in the position to make the takeover by the State easier.
FYI, mayor, you are a pencil pusher.