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Within three days of taking office, Houston Mayor John Whitmire was able to do something Sylvester Turner did not; offer an olive branch to Houston’s Firefighters.
Whitmire has ordered an immediate end to pending legal action against the firefighters union.
The Union and city had been at odds for years while Turner was Mayor over the issue of pay raises.
“I want the City to remove itself from the court process as much as possible and focus on resolving this long-standing dispute as fairly and quickly as possible,” said Whitmire. “I stated repeatedly on the campaign trail and in my inaugural address that our first responders will not have to fear court action during the Whitmire Administration. I am following through on that promise,” Whitmire said in a statement.
The Mayor will also meet with police officials to tackle the problem of violent crime.