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Speakers press court on certificates of obligation and county attorney-fee spending
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the court to limit use of certificates of obligation for large capital projects without voter approval and questioned proposed attorney-fee payments related to the district attorney's defense; commissioners heard the comments but took no immediate action on those two issues at the meeting.
NUECES COUNTY — Public comment at the May 24 commissioners—ourt included pointed appeals on county finance and legal spending.
Michael Ritgers, a resident of Corpus Christi, addressed the court about a proposed certificate of obligation tied to the Nueces County Hospital District. "Certificates of obligation ... were not designed to fund the building of a $45,000,000 project within the Nueces County Hospital District without voter approval," Ritgers said, adding a 40-year…
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