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 ...
It would turn into Detroit fast enough if they did.
stand up, quit and let ‘em have it. It is only a matter of time.
The diverse city council members want to ensure that there are people in the dept whose primary loyalty is to their racial representatives rather than to their duty. It makes it easier to enhance corruption.
Poor Jolanda!
I really feel for her. (not)
But if she really wants to know what it feels like to get slapped in the face, I’d be happy to volunteer. (And then run like hell. - Look at those arms!)
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