Houston’s Democratic mayor admitted at a meeting last week that the country’s fourth-largest city is “broke.” Mayor John Whitmire was elected in December, overwhelmingly defeating Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Now, staring down a deficit of $160 million, he is proposing spending cuts and potential new taxes to repair the damage done by his Democratic predecessors, according to KRIV-TV. “I think we can all agree that we’re broke,” Whitmire said at last week’s City Council meeting. The new mayor dodged any blame for Houston’s financial situation, saying, “It was broken when I got here.” In…
