While Annise Parker was in office as Houston's mayor she was respected by both progressives and conservatives for her strong grasp of financial issues.
's second woman and first openly gay Mayor, Annise Parker is offering a mixed review on the performance of her successor, Sylvester Turner.
But when it comes to the City of Houston's financial health moving forward, Parker says Turner neglected prudent management by using finite federal pandemic relief dollars to balance the books."You have the administration which plugged budget holes for ongoing expenses with one-time money," said Parker.
"And the next mayor is going to have to deal with a financial cliff even if the firefighters don't prevail in this litigation. Anybody running for this job needs to understand there are going to be significant challenges. In my first term, I had to lay off nearly 700 people because of economic downturn. I think that that is something that the next mayor is going to have to face," said Parker.
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