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“Quite frankly, I don’t think running HUD is exactly brain surgery.”
– Outgoing D6 Council Member Don Zimmerman, on KLBJ Radio Monday, commenting on the appointment of Ben Carson to U.S. Secretary of Housing and Development
This article appears in December 9 • 2016.
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