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Facing Massive Financial Shortfalls, Houston Leaders Grill Finance Director Over Diversity
NewsRadio 740 KTRH ^ | Thursday 03-31-2011 | Michael Berry

Posted on 03/31/2011 2:50:15 PM PDT by humblegunner

The City of Houston, like most governmental entities in America, is suffering difficult financial times. The City is laying off public employees, including firefighters and police officers, and cutting back on many key services. The City Council holds annual budget hearings where the elected leaders grill department heads over their budgets. When the City’s budget director came before council, she must have expected to be grilled about the City’s budget. What happened instead must have shocked her.

Facing almost $200 millions dollars in a shortfall in the City’s budget, minority city councilmen hammered the finance director over what they perceived to be the lack of diversity in her department. When she pointed out that she is relatively new to her position, they told her they would personally recruit minorities for her department.

Clips of the budget hearings appear below:

(Excerpt) Read more at ktrh.com ...


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1 posted on 03/31/2011 2:50:21 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: TheOldLady

Michael Berry ping.


2 posted on 03/31/2011 2:50:58 PM PDT by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: humblegunner

Well, at least they’ve got their priorities straight. < /s>


3 posted on 03/31/2011 2:51:44 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
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To: humblegunner
Eric Holder wannabes.

"Hire mo' of My People!"

4 posted on 03/31/2011 2:52:20 PM PDT by Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
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To: humblegunner

Sounds about par for a city with a carpet muncher for a mayor.


5 posted on 03/31/2011 2:52:30 PM PDT by fwdude (The world is sleeping in the dark that the Church just can't fight, 'cause it's asleep in the light.)
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...they told her they would personally recruit minorities for her department.

So they are suggesting that she fire white workers and hire minorities?

6 posted on 03/31/2011 2:55:59 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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So they are suggesting that she fire white workers and hire minorities?

Apparently.

7 posted on 03/31/2011 3:00:24 PM PDT by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: humblegunner

Infuriating video at the link.


8 posted on 03/31/2011 3:01:27 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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They obviously care only about the color of the city employees and not whether they are capable of doing a proper job for the city.


9 posted on 03/31/2011 3:04:29 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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But of course!

No justice = No justice for whitey

No peace = We will destroy everything until nothing is left.

That’s the plan!


10 posted on 03/31/2011 3:05:27 PM PDT by TruthConquers ( Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: humblegunner
they told her they would personally recruit minorities for her department

Right there she should have told them she'd hold them personally responsibly for the performance of these "recruits" if they were hired.

11 posted on 03/31/2011 3:05:54 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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Infuriating video at the link.

Ain't it?

12 posted on 03/31/2011 3:05:56 PM PDT by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: humblegunner
A very good example of RACIST Democrats, they're hateful too.
13 posted on 03/31/2011 3:07:00 PM PDT by blam
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To: humblegunner

I really don’t know how to keep cool about this stuff as you do.


14 posted on 03/31/2011 3:07:34 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: humblegunner

It’s the Philadelphia model. The same population count as it had in 1942, but the number of city bureaucrats and departments has grown five fold.


15 posted on 03/31/2011 3:20:31 PM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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Oh wow...

The self proclaimed blogger overload himself sources that site??

The irony is strong in this thread.

16 posted on 03/31/2011 3:45:25 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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Overload this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2659004/posts?page=39#39


17 posted on 03/31/2011 3:51:03 PM PDT by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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Self proclaimed?

JimRob called him the overlord.


18 posted on 03/31/2011 3:51:53 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: humblegunner

It might give some financial relief if they send the Katrina people back to us in Louisiana. We would love to have them back.


19 posted on 03/31/2011 4:13:54 PM PDT by HChampagne (I am not an AARP member and never will be.)
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To: humblegunner

White people should move out of Houston and let the blacks and latinos have it. See who is left standing and how many are left.

T’would be good riddance to bad rubbish and a sorry city.


20 posted on 03/31/2011 5:13:09 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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