The Michael Berry show as Syvester Turner was leaving office the Houston Chronicle said

You know He was hard-headed

But we love He was hard-headed, but we loved him for it. The city of Houston is better for having had Sylvester Turner is our mayor.

That was the glowing headline and article. A review of his

eight-year reign of terror was that, oh sure, there are a couple things there here and there, but we're better for it.

And now the new mayor, 90 days in, announces, we're broke. Like, we are really broke. It is bad. It is way worse than I ever imagined. We are

extraordinarily broke. We'll come back to that point. And by the way, now the

Sylvester is gone, it turns out thousands upon thousands upon thousands of rape cases were just cleared from the record.

So when Sylvester said crime was down,

technically in terms of open cases on the books

he was right. He just made them go away.

That's awesome. He's made him go away.

That's awesome. Unless you're the victim or the next victim

of the guy who should have been arrested and imprisoned,

but now he's out on the streets.

Because we have the manpower. But we're not mad at Sylvester.

And now his chief of staff has been sentenced to prison for taking bribes, but we're the better

for it.

And in the July, an assistant director in the housing department will be sentenced to prison for taking bribes, but we're the better for it.

And his airport director has resigned and it has come to light that the airport director is also, what are the chances,

a coincidence is just crazy, is also the chairman of the board for an airport consulting company.

It only has a couple of employees but makes a lot of money.

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