I was a little lacking in vision as mayor – I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city.
About Henry Cisneros
Henry Gabriel Cisnerosis an American politician and businessman. He served as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, from 1981 to 1989, the second Latino mayor of a major American city and the city’s first since 1842 (when Juan Seguin was forced out of office).
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The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart.
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I was a little lacking in vision as mayor – I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city.
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Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they’ll sign on.
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I don’t think we have any time to waste.
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As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there.
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We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people.
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