This week on Houston Newsmakers: Host Khambrel Marshall sits down with Texas State Sen. John Whitmire, who prepares his run for Houston Mayor. Also: Dr. Carla Wyatt, elected as the 1st African-American treasurer for Harris County looks ahead at her term.
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Dr. Carla Wyatt, elected as the first African-American treasurer for Harris County looks ahead at her term.John Whitmire is known as the “Dean of the Senate” as a result of his 39 years serving as a Texas State Senator for District 15. “I’m a public servant,” he said. “I go where problems are and quite frankly I think I can use my experience better and more effectively in Houston today than in Austin. I’ve been fighting Houston’s issues in Austin for 50 years.”
On this week’s program, he talks about the Houston challenges he wants to solve and the future of Houston Police Chief Troy Finner if he is elected Mayor.Carla Wyatt, Ph.D., Harris County Treasurer-ElectCarla Wyatt was born and raised in Houston.Now Dr. Carla Wyatt is preparing to step into her new role as Harris County Treasurer. She says her job is to make the operation as transparent as possible with no politics getting in the way.
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