The current administration is
seven years said actually fall
down in the state Supreme Court
so it was time to quit kicking
the can down the road and sit
down and work out a reasonable
resolution to the firefighters
compensation. State senator John
Whitmire on his legislation
binding arbitration with first
responders who have been waiting
a very long time to negotiate a
contract the measure drew
single member of the Harris
County delegation that did not
stop mayor Sylvester Turner from
lashing out. To get banning
their losses because continue to
rise and then how much more do
you want. The measure aimed at
restoring fairness passed the
supported by nearly every member
of the house seriously what does
it say when the mayor can't get
a single vote from his own
delegation. Also do that to
level. With her first crack
crack. As a lame duck of the
mind that right exactly and you
know finally they woke up to the
fact that you know what the
management during the
firefighters for years and years
and years. Is wrong and thank
you to senator Whitmire thank
you to representative Marion
pros for moving this through
actually statewide not one
Democrat voted with Mayor Turner
they've all woken up to the fact
that what he has done to our
families. Has been cruel and
wrong and now now he's gonna
have to it to make it right by
state law I understand we've got
is to bring court decision also
so now we're going to see if
he's going to go to the table or
pointed arbiter and get this
done and if he's going to do the
right thing or is going to
you're wrong and I'm not going
to do it. This is gonna for
hundred million fund balance
he's leaving the city in good
shape- but he doesn't- doesn't
talk about this looming
liability we know how. Big it is
Charles any thoughts there. Yeah
I mean I don't think he's
planning for I think he expects
to get out of office by January
without having to deal with it.
In the way that he's laid out
this budget when using talk
about it he has four hundred and
I think ten out. Some for ten
million. In the our reserves and
as you move forward out of the
next years are gonna start to
see a decrease in that- in the
way that he has laid out is that
he says that the next mayor will
be good. If they are fiscally
responsible and there will not
be a deficit at least until
twenty twenty six we'll see if
that ends up being true but I do
think he's- his intent. Is to
make it out of office without
having to mess up his heart
budget deal with that good to.
When the governor sciences it
will be it will take effect
immediately. So you're not gonna
be able to you know as I said
but you know last week's live
there out of office. Without
dealing with this issue that he
created. The agreement will be a
one year binding agreement it
doesn't go long term. But it
solves the problem for
firefighters. He's going to have
like. Tele your kid. I'm leaving
your for. Hundred million
dollars but I've got a balloon
note from. A billion five and I
didn't tell you about it he-
multiple balloon out something
like this mayor has been
fiscally irresponsible he's they
collected. So many of the
corporate responsibilities in
the city it's a joke. He got all
that federal Jews the federal
money they came to us during
COVID. That's the only reason
this budget became close to
balancing. He's been a disaster.
The good news of course with the
fire department in the
legislation is. He's going to
have to deal with it because he
thought he was going to get upon
it to the next mayor. That was
his big plan. So it's not gonna
work so. We'll see what happens
with the city's in financial
trouble- the city of Houston is