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METRO Chair Reflects On Challenges, Accomplishments As The End Of His Term Draws Near

The chairman of METRO today will deliver a “State of METRO” address. The Greater Houston Partnership is putting on the event, in which METRO Chair David Wolff will talk about the current status of light rail development, along with some of the logistical and political challenges facing the agency. Mr. Wolff sat down with KUHF’s David Pitman to talk about those challenges. At the top of the list is the one-cent sales tax that came along with METRO’s creation in the late 1970’s.

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David Pitman

David Pitman

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David was HPM's local Morning Edition host from 2009 to 2020 — when he was moved to the position of Technical Director of Houston Matters with Craig Cohen, and Town Square with Ernie Manouse. David has extensive public and commercial broadcast journalism and production experience dating back to 1993 –...

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