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Mayor Turner targets flooding, fiscal crisis in first state of the city speech

MAY 6, 2016 | HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA

By Andrew Schneider, includes "Mayor Sylvester Turner delivered his first State of the City message before a gathering of the Greater Houston Partnership. ... Turner warned, though, that spending cuts alone aren't enough to deal with the problem of the city's unfunded pensions. He said he is working with representatives from the pension boards to lower the city's obligations. But part of the solution will have to involve new taxes..."

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