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Harlingen mayor rebuts public accusation, cites city attorney opinion that consultant hire did not violate nepotism rules
Summary
Mayor Norma Sepulveda publicly denied claims made at a prior meeting that she improperly influenced hiring at Harlingen Water Works, and said the city attorney found no state or local nepotism violation.
Mayor Norma Sepulveda used the citizen-communication portion of the meeting to publicly rebut accusations from a prior meeting that she had helped a relative get hired by Harlingen Water Works.
"The man that he referred to is not my uncle," Sepulveda said, adding that the former commissioner who made the accusation "deliberately lied." She told the commission and the public that Harlingen Water Works is a legally separate entity with its own board of trustees and is not taxpayer-funded in the same way the city is. "While I am a member of the board I'm a non-voting member just…
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